One in 20 Internet downloads are for music content, according to Reuters, and 5.5 percent of all Web users aged 16 to 40 have not purchased a CD in more than a year. Edison Media Research conducted the survey, which measured the impact of the Internet on music listening. “We wanted to see the habits of music buyers and if they are being influenced by radio as much as in the past,” said Ron Rodrigues, editor in chief for the trade publication Records & Radio. “There’s been a slight dent in teen [radio] listening at home, and I assume it’s due to the Internet.”
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