Does streaming lift music sales?

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:26pm

Last.fm says streaming leads to bigger music sales

(Credit: Lastfm.com )

Free streaming music turns people on to new music and encourages them to buy, says social-networking site Last.fm.

In the music industry, this will not come as a huge revelation.

Last.fm, acquired by CBS last May,

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