Given the years of declining revenues at the major labels and the constant stream of stories in the mainstream press about music's decline, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the music industry's pallbearers are already lined up and waiting in the hallway. But music isn't on its deathbed yet; in fact, people are listening to more artists than ever before, on more white earbuds than ever before, in more places than ever before. They're just not paying as much. Don't put all the blame on file-swapping. Digital music sales soared in 2007 and eMusic, the number two music download service in the US behind iTunes, added 50,000 new paying customers in the last six months. (Ars Technica)
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