MOVIE INDUSTRY SUFFERS FROM FAR MORE THAN DOWNLOADING
ZOGBY - Survey shows high ticket prices and poor film selections
causing some to think twice about heading out to catch the latest
blockbuster. Nearly half (45%) said that while they still go to the
movies, their movie attendance has decreased from five years ago - 27%
said it is much less, and 9% said they never go to the movies anymore.
Zogby finds that those age 25-34 are most likely to say their attendance
has decreased over the past five years - and the oldest respondents (age
70 or older) are most likely to say they no longer go to the movies at
all (23%). . .
High ticket prices (30%) and a dislike for the movie selections (30%)
are the top reasons given for falling movie attendance - 13% said they
don't like the crowds in the theater. Those age 18-24 are most likely to
complain about costly tickets - nearly half (46%) said high ticket
prices have kept them away from the theater. Among older adults,
dissatisfaction with the film selections is the main deterrent - 46% of
those age 65 or older said this.
More than a third (37%) of respondents said they go to the movies fewer
than six times per year - 21% said they don't even make it to the movies
once a year. Overall, 10% said they never go at all. The youngest adults
in our survey (those age 18-24) are most likely to say they go to the
movies several times per month (9%) - this age group leads all others
among those who said they go to the movies between 6 and 12 times per
year. Attendance numbers decline among increasingly older respondents,
the Zogby Interactive survey shows.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1245
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RECORD LABELS THINKIN ABOUT UNRESTRICTED DIGITAL MUSIC
VICTORIA SHANNON, NY TIMES - As even digital music revenue growth
falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record
labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no
copying restrictions - a step they once vowed never to take. Executives
of several technology companies meeting at Midem, the annual global
trade fair for the music industry, said over the weekend that at least
one of the four major record companies could move toward the sale of
unrestricted digital files in the MP3 format within months. Most
independent record labels already sell tracks digitally compressed in
the MP3 format, which can be downloaded, e-mailed or copied to
computers, cellphones, portable music players and compact discs without
limit.
The independents see providing songs in MP3 partly as a way of
generating publicity that could lead to future sales. For the major
recording companies, however, selling in the MP3 format would be a
capitulation to the power of the Internet, which has destroyed their
control over the worldwide distribution of music.
Until last year, the industry was counting on online purchases of music,
led by Apple's iTunes music store, to make up the difference.
But digital sales in 2006, while 80 percent ahead of the year before,
grew slower than in 2005 and did not compensate for the decline in
physical sales, according to an industry report released in London last
week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/technology/23music.html?ex=
1327208400&en=bf7173ca00417250&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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SMITHSONIAN ANNOUNCES NEW SWEETHEART DEAL
AP - The Smithsonian Institution has signed a deal with Corbis
Corporation to begin selling images from the Smithsonian's collections
through the digital media company's Web site. Under the agreement,
Seattle-based Corbis will provide hundreds of images from the
Smithsonian museums, including archival photos and images of cultural
objects, paintings, sculptures, aircraft and space vehicles. A
photograph of the Hope Diamond is among the first images being made
available. Gary Beer, chief executive officer of Smithsonian Business
Ventures, says the partnership will make museum resources more easily
accessible and will offer some images digitally for the first time. He
says it's also an important way to generate revenue for the Smithsonian.
http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0107/391247.html
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ZOGBY - Survey shows high ticket prices and poor film selections
causing some to think twice about heading out to catch the latest
blockbuster. Nearly half (45%) said that while they still go to the
movies, their movie attendance has decreased from five years ago - 27%
said it is much less, and 9% said they never go to the movies anymore.
Zogby finds that those age 25-34 are most likely to say their attendance
has decreased over the past five years - and the oldest respondents (age
70 or older) are most likely to say they no longer go to the movies at
all (23%). . .
High ticket prices (30%) and a dislike for the movie selections (30%)
are the top reasons given for falling movie attendance - 13% said they
don't like the crowds in the theater. Those age 18-24 are most likely to
complain about costly tickets - nearly half (46%) said high ticket
prices have kept them away from the theater. Among older adults,
dissatisfaction with the film selections is the main deterrent - 46% of
those age 65 or older said this.
More than a third (37%) of respondents said they go to the movies fewer
than six times per year - 21% said they don't even make it to the movies
once a year. Overall, 10% said they never go at all. The youngest adults
in our survey (those age 18-24) are most likely to say they go to the
movies several times per month (9%) - this age group leads all others
among those who said they go to the movies between 6 and 12 times per
year. Attendance numbers decline among increasingly older respondents,
the Zogby Interactive survey shows.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1245
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RECORD LABELS THINKIN ABOUT UNRESTRICTED DIGITAL MUSIC
VICTORIA SHANNON, NY TIMES - As even digital music revenue growth
falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record
labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no
copying restrictions - a step they once vowed never to take. Executives
of several technology companies meeting at Midem, the annual global
trade fair for the music industry, said over the weekend that at least
one of the four major record companies could move toward the sale of
unrestricted digital files in the MP3 format within months. Most
independent record labels already sell tracks digitally compressed in
the MP3 format, which can be downloaded, e-mailed or copied to
computers, cellphones, portable music players and compact discs without
limit.
The independents see providing songs in MP3 partly as a way of
generating publicity that could lead to future sales. For the major
recording companies, however, selling in the MP3 format would be a
capitulation to the power of the Internet, which has destroyed their
control over the worldwide distribution of music.
Until last year, the industry was counting on online purchases of music,
led by Apple's iTunes music store, to make up the difference.
But digital sales in 2006, while 80 percent ahead of the year before,
grew slower than in 2005 and did not compensate for the decline in
physical sales, according to an industry report released in London last
week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/technology/23music.html?ex=
1327208400&en=bf7173ca00417250&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
MORE ARTS NEWS
http://prorev.com/arts.htm
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SMITHSONIAN ANNOUNCES NEW SWEETHEART DEAL
AP - The Smithsonian Institution has signed a deal with Corbis
Corporation to begin selling images from the Smithsonian's collections
through the digital media company's Web site. Under the agreement,
Seattle-based Corbis will provide hundreds of images from the
Smithsonian museums, including archival photos and images of cultural
objects, paintings, sculptures, aircraft and space vehicles. A
photograph of the Hope Diamond is among the first images being made
available. Gary Beer, chief executive officer of Smithsonian Business
Ventures, says the partnership will make museum resources more easily
accessible and will offer some images digitally for the first time. He
says it's also an important way to generate revenue for the Smithsonian.
http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0107/391247.html
MORE ARTS NEWS
http://prorev.com/arts.htm
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