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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by croon on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @09:33AM (#14968559)
> Except that the music business continues to shrink each year.

What do you base this on? I googled a bit "music industry revenue" and only the opposite came up.

http://www.ifpi.org/news/IFPI-GLOBAL-MUSIC-REPORT-2017

Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by bsder on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:27PM (#14972176)
Then you didn't look very far.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-record-industr...

Almost a straight line from 1999 with 26.6 billion to 14.97 billion in 2014.

Quoting your source:

> Total revenues for 2016 were US$15.7 billion.

Quoting here: http://www.ifpi.org/facts-and-stats.php

> This growth, however, should be viewed in the context of the industry losing nearly 40% of its revenues in the preceding 15 years.