In the new issue of Playboy (page 25 bottom left) they claim “10% of the worldwide music industry revenue comes exclusively from ring-tone sales”? BTW – I read playboy for the articles and I eat at hooters for the food… seriously…
Ringtones Make Up 10% Of Worldwide Music Revenue
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June 4, 2007 at 2:32 am
The food is great at Playboy Mansion!
March 11, 2007 at 4:00 pm
that is pretty high, a lot of music must sell
February 27, 2007 at 9:04 am
Wow. 10%?? Why would anyone (or at least so many people) be buying those when you can make your own. A guy I work with keeps changing around 80’s songs that he rips himself. His latest, Final Countdown by Europe. I think he got that from GOB on Arrested Development.
February 14, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I never understood hooters wings, who eats the wing tip? plus they don’t come broken down already its the whole wing. When I get wings, it better be no wing tips, the have to be split, and I hate ones that have broken bones. When I moved to pittsburgh I went to a bar and ordered wings, I’m used to them being split and I ordered 24 wings, I ended up getting 48 wings….. I wondered why they were so expensive……….
February 14, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I still don’t know who has better Breasts and Thighs…Colonel Sanders (KFC) or Hooters?
February 14, 2007 at 12:00 pm
haha me and Aaron Wall took one of the people to hooters in san antonio the day before the elite retreat started
February 14, 2007 at 11:57 am
WOW thats actually more than i would have thought. I was figuring more like 5% but i guess there are those teens that want a new on daily!
February 14, 2007 at 11:47 am
You can pay $2 for a song and don’t even get the whole thing as a ringtone. Or you can pay $1 at iTunes and get the whole thing but not be able to use it as a ringtone. So, combine the two and Apple gets super rich, puts a small dent in ringtone sales and then wields even MORE power over the music industry while Cingular gets a nice check for having the network.
February 14, 2007 at 10:17 am
Making money with ringtones is cool and all
but damn.. that clearly shows the stupidity of teenagers today
February 14, 2007 at 9:27 am
Wow that’s really interesting. Let’s pray it stays that way.
February 14, 2007 at 8:51 am
I can just see elite re-treat now.
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February 14, 2007 at 8:23 am
Never get that punch card they try to give you, it’s evidence! Pay with Cash!
February 14, 2007 at 5:32 am
yes…yes you do Shoe, just like the rest of us
February 14, 2007 at 5:19 am
As the saying goes, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.
However, it is undeniable as to the rise of ringtones. The mobile phone users are traditionally the young and affluent – affected by pop music & peer pressure into being cool. These factors combined – disposable income, impulse purchasing & reverse billing (eg you don’t have to process cheques, Paypal, cash etc) are a marketer’s dream… there are plenty of people both here in the UK and abroad who have got rich on the back of ringtones.