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Old 10-20-2005, 08:22 PM
Jeremy Charette
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Consumers do have the opportunity on Amazon, iTunes, and nearly every other online music service to sample songs for 30 seconds or more before purchasing them. I agree that consumers probably buy more singles than they do albums, and therefore the studios are probably disappointed by the lower revenue per album vs. compact disc delivery. Regardless, the profit margins are higher, and the total profit per album produced is probably about the same as or more than compact disc distribution.
 
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