Following up on yesterday’s class, here is a link to the site for the International Federation of Phonographic Industry, which is an inter-industry organization that produced research annually about the sale of music and revenues in the industry. It might be of interest to some of you working on issues related to the evolution of the music industry in recent years.

The most interesting information comes from their annual reports, which are quite expensive. However, there are usually summaries of the annual reports that are publicized through trade publications like Billboard magazine. For example, this article provides a summary of the report from 2013.

They’ve also produced information about the development of digital technology in the music industry. You can read the full report here.

Revenue from digital sales, 2008-2012, from the IFPI report IFPI Digital Music Report 2013.