The Competition for Our Ears

by on March 30, 2009 · 4 comments

Much ink is spilled over the expanding array of video marketplace choices that are competing for the attention of our eyeballs, but much less is usually written about the competition for our ears.  As this excellent new Business Week article by Olga Kharif makes clear, competition and innovation in the audio marketplace has never been more vibrant.  It’s something I’ve pointed out here before and here’s a chart I created for my Media Metrics report to highlight all the new competition for our ears.   We’ve come a long way since the days of my youth, when transistor radios and vinyl records were the extent of audio competition!

Competition for Our Ears

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Adam Thierer / Adam is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as President of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Director of Telecom. Studies at the Cato Institute, and Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation.

  • andyinsdca

    One thing missing from the diagram is music foisted onto us by our environment (like at stores, restaurants, etc.) against our will. Why in the hell is Staples blasting music through it's PA system at customers? Are they trying to chase us out?

  • andyinsdca

    One thing missing from the diagram is music foisted onto us by our environment (like at stores, restaurants, etc.) against our will. Why in the hell is Staples blasting music through it's PA system at customers? Are they trying to chase us out?

  • andyinsdca

    One thing missing from the diagram is music foisted onto us by our environment (like at stores, restaurants, etc.) against our will. Why in the hell is Staples blasting music through it's PA system at customers? Are they trying to chase us out?

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