Jan
6
On the pop charts: Online music growth slows, but Eminem, Taylor Swift survive unharmed
The slowing digital numbers are a sign that the market for digital music is maturing, said Eric Garland, chief executive of Big Champagne, a digital music consulting firm. Garland believes the numbers point to another change in the market — the emergence of free and legal alternative sources to music online, such as YouTube, Vevo and Pandora.
“What’s changed is that people are listening to vastly more free music without breaking the rules,” Garland said. “That can have a cannibalization effect.”
