MP3.com's "key metrics"
from the Corner-stores-now-worth-billions!@$% dept
Webnoize.com reports that MP3.com has pledged to issue regular "warts and all" reports of its business activities. Well someone should break out the Wart Away quick before MP3.com hits a realistic valuation. Selling 15,600 compact discs sold on behalf of 26,700 artists is not that impressive. Your corner Wherehouse probably sold three times that this month with fewer artist titles, and I am pretty sure that store is NOT valued over $2 billion. But as Webnoize admits, the numbers are improving month over month. Also, you have to chalk one up for MP3.com for having the moxie to regularly publish their traffic and sales metrics. We'll see...
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