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...players finally overtakes the installed base of PS3s. Meanwhile, CNET News reports that according to the latest figures released by The NPD Group, the sales of Blu-ray players in the U.S. decreased 40 percent from January to February and...

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...but really kept the focus on the Premium product and the Premium three-pack," explained the author of the report, NPD's Stephen Baker, to CNET News. "Most of the promotional fire that they've put out there has been focused on those, for...

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...it's not a surprise that those consumers are making more electronics purchases." NPD compiled its results from 2,300 responses to its online survey. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed...

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...affecting iTunes | Tech news blog - CNET News Amazon.com's MP3 service is growing but not at the expense of Apple's iTunes, according to a report issued Tuesday by market researcher NPD Group. Only about 10 percent of the people who shopped...

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...games outsold the competition by nearly 2 to 1. As CNET's Lance Whitney reported, "NPD blamed most of the decline on the lack of blockbuster games rather than the weak economy. The report noted that last year's sales were boosted by...

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...isn't a huge a surprise, as it's been on a roll lately. Most recently, the iTunes Store passed Best Buy to take up the second-place spot, according to an NPD report released in February. Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who writes about...

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...Wal-Mart as the top U.S. music retailer. CNET News.com reported on Tuesday that research firm NPD Group is predicting that Apple will emerge as the largest U.S. music retailer sometime in 2008. NPD also reported that Apple has recently...

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For people wary of the price changes set to hit iTunes on Tuesday, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Crupnick said the NPD Group will be tracking sales very closely, but he's very skeptical that the variable pricing structure...

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...is up from 2006, when about 38 percent of teens made no CD purchases. NPD estimated that the music industry lost about 1 million CD-buying customers last year. Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. He is a...

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