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Apple’s iTunes online store moved ahead of Amazon.com and Target to become the No. 3 music retailer in the U.S. in the first quarter, according to the NPD Group, reports the Associated Press (via MarketingCharts).
Wal-Mart led with 15.8 percent of the market, followed by Best Buy with 13.8 percent, iTunes with 9.8 percent, Amazon.com with 6.7 percent and Target with 6.6 percent, according to NPD, which counted every 12 tracks sold online as the equivalent of an album/CD.
Digital music downloads in Q1 accounted for only 13.8 percent of all music purchases; 86.2 percent were sold in physical disc format, according to NPD, writes AppleInsider.
NPD attributed Apple’s Q1 gains to iPod sales during the holiday shopping season.
Meanwhile, Apple’s share of notebook/portable PCs climbed to 14.3 percent of U.S. notebook sales in May, increasing nearly 2 percentage points from April’s 12.5 percent - and up from March’s 9.9 percent - according to NPD, reports AppleInsider.
Apple is now fourth in U.S. notebook sales behind HP, Gateway and Toshiba.
Katz Media Group has added another new client, Lincoln Financial Media, and will sell ad time on the company’s 15 stations beginning immediately.
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Katz has also…
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Lerwill stepped down officially today (Monday), with Aegis chairman John Napier taking over his duties on an interim basis, writes MediaPost. People…
Out-of-home companies are bracing for the recession like everyone else, but they may not feel the sting as badly as other media.
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The 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pulled an average 12.6 rating/26 share on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, according to Nielsen.
That was 8% higher than its telecast last year, Mediaweek writes. NBC estimated that a total 44.7 million viewers…
Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
Email, news gathering and paying bills continue to be the most widely used online activities among U.S. adults, but downloading TV programs, watching videos and making web phone calls posted the biggest overall growth, according to data from Mediamark Research…
