LET’S DO THE (MUSIC INDUSTRY) NUMBERS

• # Of Indy Record Labels Joining New Association Of Independant Music – 125
• # Of Hits On Top Music Web Sites In May – AOL Music for 12.2 million, 11.3 million total for Yahoo. iTunes, ranked a distant third 4.8 million
• # Of Weekly Podcast Subscribers To BBC’s "In Our Times" Program – 25,000
• # CD’s Sold In US In First Half Of 2005 – 282.6 Million vs. 303.0 in 2004 and 297.0 in 2003