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Topic History of: Interesting figures from ROTD...
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You Cant Be Serious!	Might I suggest that since all indies get "bort up" by majors within minutes of making profits, the majors will continue to dominate?
Big End	that would be about right in my book.
anna list	Very interesting. Richard Manners at Warner Chappell has done well. The major corporations still rule supreme but the indies are chipping away. How long before indies have 50%? I reckon one year away.
JK2006	New research published today reveals that Universal Music Group (UMG) increased its lead in the global $33.5 billion music market in 2005. According to Music & Copyright, UMG had a market share of 25.6% followed by Sony BMG with a reduced share of 19%. EMI was third with 13.6%, up from 13.4% in 2004 and Warner Music Group (WMG) was fourth with a 12.8% share. Sony BMG was the only major record company to suffer a fall in market share in 2005. Major record company market shares (%) Record company 2005 2004 Universal Music Group 25.6 25.5 Sony BMG 19.0 21.5 EMI 13.6 13.4 Warner 12.8 11.3 Independents 29.0 28.4 Source: Music & Copyright According to Phil Hardy, editor of Music & Copyright, it is medium-sized outfits that are bearing the brunt of the continued stagnation in the music sector: