Comments on: Tracking the Hits Along the Musical The Long Tail http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tracking-the-hits-along-the-musical-the-long-tail/ Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:10:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kyle Alm http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tracking-the-hits-along-the-musical-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-34435 Kyle Alm Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:52:23 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=18071#comment-34435 With the pending death of DRM I would expect these numbers to change. In a competitive market price should drop to marginal cost. Which is pretty much zero. With the pending death of DRM I would expect these numbers to change.

In a competitive market price should drop to marginal cost. Which is pretty much zero.

]]> By: Connor McNabb http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tracking-the-hits-along-the-musical-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-31296 Connor McNabb Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:47:34 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=18071#comment-31296 I find the figures that you are using to be highly contaminated. Considering that the criteria for deciding the top 200 albums are inextricably linked to sales, does it not logically follow that the "Top 200 albums" would represent the largest majority of record and track sales? I do understand that the sales of Top 200 albums relative to total album sales would decrease due to an increased diversification in record sales, but the change would understandably be marginal due too the fact that the Top 200 list is self-correcting, and thereby will always represent the highest concentration of sales. Perhaps a more insightful measurement would be the record sales by bands with big record deals with respect to those of bands with smaller record deals. Only then would you truly be able to criticize Anderson's Long Tail Theory. I find the figures that you are using to be highly contaminated. Considering that the criteria for deciding the top 200 albums are inextricably linked to sales, does it not logically follow that the "Top 200 albums" would represent the largest majority of record and track sales?

I do understand that the sales of Top 200 albums relative to total album sales would decrease due to an increased diversification in record sales, but the change would understandably be marginal due too the fact that the Top 200 list is self-correcting, and thereby will always represent the highest concentration of sales.

Perhaps a more insightful measurement would be the record sales by bands with big record deals with respect to those of bands with smaller record deals. Only then would you truly be able to criticize Anderson's Long Tail Theory.

]]> By: Microsoft And News Corp Conspire; Adify Seeing CPM Growth, Too; Right Media Housecleaning; Living With Data http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tracking-the-hits-along-the-musical-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-18398 Microsoft And News Corp Conspire; Adify Seeing CPM Growth, Too; Right Media Housecleaning; Living With Data Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:38:19 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=18071#comment-18398 [...] The Nielsen blog covers recent research by Billboard on the power of the Long Tail. The findings provide a few interesting nuggets including: "As more digital albums are released, the more popular titles lose market share to the less popular titles. In other words, demand has shifted from the hits to the niches. The head (what Anderson would call the top 5,000 titles) has lost market share to the tail (all other albums). The head accounted for 77% of digital album sales in 2005. By 2008, the head’s market share had steadily dropped to 65%." Read about it. [...] [...] The Nielsen blog covers recent research by Billboard on the power of the Long Tail. The findings provide a few interesting nuggets including: "As more digital albums are released, the more popular titles lose market share to the less popular titles. In other words, demand has shifted from the hits to the niches. The head (what Anderson would call the top 5,000 titles) has lost market share to the tail (all other albums). The head accounted for 77% of digital album sales in 2005. By 2008, the head’s market share had steadily dropped to 65%." Read about it. [...]

]]> By: Digital Song Sales Concentrated on Hits « Audio4cast http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tracking-the-hits-along-the-musical-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-18310 Digital Song Sales Concentrated on Hits « Audio4cast Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:06:29 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=18071#comment-18310 [...] it’s interesting to look at how the Internet has impacted music sales, and a post on Nielsen’s blog recently did just that, discussing a recent article in Billboard [...] [...] it’s interesting to look at how the Internet has impacted music sales, and a post on Nielsen’s blog recently did just that, discussing a recent article in Billboard [...]

]]> By: internet changing type of music we consume « ill camino real http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tracking-the-hits-along-the-musical-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-18274 internet changing type of music we consume « ill camino real Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:23:45 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=18071#comment-18274 [...] changing type of music we consume By mary claire Neilsen research discusses a recent analysis by Billboard on how the internet has put a dent in the music industry’s [...] [...] changing type of music we consume By mary claire Neilsen research discusses a recent analysis by Billboard on how the internet has put a dent in the music industry’s [...]

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