Digital Music Sales Up Worldwide
January 24, 2008 By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer
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(AP) -- Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but the growth is still failing to cover losses from collapse of international CD sales, the music industry's global trade body said Thursday.
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