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rickwebb: The New York Times > Opinion > Image > Music Sales Everyone’s posting this graphic; maybe it somehow speaks for itself. But what I think is the most startling is how big the CD slice is right now, even at this headline-grabbing crisis-level current low relative to pretty much anything ever except for its own crazy, “hey, let’s repurchase everything all over again” high. Also notable is that it accompanies an analysis-light gloom-and-doom article by a guy who says he hasn’t purchased a “truly great CD” since 1999. [nyt]

rickwebb:

The New York Times > Opinion > Image > Music Sales

Everyone’s posting this graphic; maybe it somehow speaks for itself. But what I think is the most startling is how big the CD slice is right now, even at this headline-grabbing crisis-level current low relative to pretty much anything ever except for its own crazy, “hey, let’s repurchase everything all over again” high.

Also notable is that it accompanies an analysis-light gloom-and-doom article by a guy who says he hasn’t purchased a “truly great CD” since 1999. [nyt]

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  1. bustr reblogged this from sciencevsromance and added:
    More than anything else, I just like the format of the graphic. I haven’t seen this kind of pixelated whale graph...
  2. sciencevsromance reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    Everyone’s posting this graphic; maybe it somehow speaks for itself. But what I think is the most startling is how big...
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  4. doublejack reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    I have this NYT page open in another tab right now, but I haven’t looked at it yet. And really, this is on image is the...
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