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Jun 15, 2009Mary Madden
In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself.
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Our research on music highlights the internet's impact on music consumers, artists and the entertainment industry.
Jan 4, 2013Kristin Thomson, Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie
Cultural organizations like theater companies, orchestras, and art museums are using the internet, social media, and mobile apps to draw in and engage audiences, provide deeper context, and disseminate their work beyond the stage and the gallery
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More in: Social Networking, Music, Mobile, Web 2.0
Dec 30, 2010Jim Jansen
65% of internet users have paid to access or download some kind of digital content. Music and software are the most common kinds of content purchased.
More in: Shopping, Music, Gaming, News
Oct 14, 2010Aaron Smith
As the digital world has expanded far beyond the desktop, consumers can now choose from an array of devices capable of satisfying their need for “anytime, anywhere” access to news, information, friends and entertainment.
More in: Mobile, Families, Music, Gaming
Sep 19, 2007Susannah Fox, Maggie Griffith
83% of online Americans say they have used the internet to seek information about their hobbies and 29% do so on a typical day.
More in: Communities, Gaming, Music, Video
Feb 15, 2006Deborah Fallows
About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.
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Mar 23, 2005Mary Madden, Lee Rainie
About 36 million Americans—or 27% of internet users—say they download either music or video files and about half of them have found ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks or paid online services to swap their files.
More in: Music, Video
Dec 5, 2004Mary Madden
Artists and musicians are enthusiastic internet users and they believe the internet helps them make and sell their work.
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Aug 11, 2004Deborah Fallows
The vast majority of online Americans say the Internet plays a role in their daily routines and that the rhythm of their everyday lives would be affected if they could no longer go online. Yet, despite its great popularity and allure, the Internet st...
More in: Families, Gaming, Music, News
Apr 30, 2004Mary Madden, Lee Rainie
Between March 15 and April 15 of this year, 2,755 musicians and songwriters responded to a Web-based survey about the way they use the Internet and their views on a host of public policy questions related to copyright and music file-sharing on the In...
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