Vinyl sales are more valuable than ad-supported streaming in 2015

Posted by: Sneaky SNAIC on 28 September 2015

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/...g-in-2015/ar-AAeSIRV

 

...talk amongst yourselves...but I think I'm partially responsible for some of these numbers.

Posted on: 28 September 2015 by joerand

What makes the figures presented in the link even more interesting is the fact that vinyl production cannot keep up with demand (presumably, streaming can). This stems from there being no new vinyl presses. Old, existing presses must be refurbished to enable an increase in worldwide vinyl production. Here's a link telling the story of 40-year old presses being brought into service in New Jersey: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09...gtype=imageslideshow . These were bought in Canada, which now has only one pressing facility nationwide. Once the NJ plant is online, they will begin fulfilling orders from last November, so nearly a one year backlog. The report says a six-month backlog is typical in the industry.

Posted on: 28 September 2015 by Sneaky SNAIC

CD and SACD look pretty sad.

Posted on: 30 September 2015 by King Size
Makes for a good headline but the numbers need to be viewed in context.  The article clearly states that,
 
"total streaming revenue has already overwhelmed the value of physical sales, and it's starting to cannibalize permanent digital sales too."
 
Income from ad-funded streaming is insignificant when compared to premium streaming income, so in essence all they are saying is that income from marginal physical products exceeds income from marginal streaming sources.
Posted on: 30 September 2015 by King Size
Hi Wat,
 
As the article says, streaming is cannibalising download/a la carte  sales too.  There is a theory that digital downloads are simply a transitional format between physical ownership (CD's) and access (streaming).
 
Originally Posted by Wat:

What about downloads? Very happy with downloads,

I think that is a good model.

It is streaming from the cloud that is not for me. 

 

Posted on: 30 September 2015 by Sneaky SNAIC

I'm just happy to see the vinyl numbers since I went back to vinyl.

 

Agree with Wat on streaming...who knows what you are getting.  I'm not a big fan of downloads though...always feels weird buying digital content (even though I've been doing it for years).

 

Here's my take...if its digital, I want a playlist and don't want to muck with stuff.  If I have to do manual labor...I'm going to do vinyl.