MUSIC INDUSTRY, BLOGGING & IMRO
Illegal downloading and the inexorable move to single-track purchases saw sales of music in Ireland plummet by more than three times the global average last year, The Sunday Times reports.
Citing an international industry report, the newspaper says sales in Ireland fell by 26%. Record company revenues in Ireland fell to €53.2m, down from €71.8m in 2008 and almost 50% lower than the value in 2005.