Comm 346 Music Industry

Who invented the first phonograph that recorded and replayed sound in 1877?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Samuel Morse

What major label first started making disc records?

• Columbia Records

• Sony Music Entertainment

• CBS Records

• MCA Music

When did digital media take over vinyl records' popularity?

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 2000s

• 1980s

What decade was the MP3 first introduced?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s

"A market situation in which each of the few producers affects but does not control the market." What is this called?

• Monopoly

• Oligopoly

• Anthrology

• Poligoly

Which is NOT one of the 3 companies that controlled the music industry in the early 20th century until the 1950s?

• Edison

• Columbia

• Sony

• Victor

Which genre helped break the tight oligopoly in the 1950s?

• Rock ’n’ roll's independent record labels

• Jazz bands and their music associations

• Acapella groups and their businesses

By 2016, only three companies controlled the majority of sales. Which is NOT one of the companies?

• Sony Music Entertainment

• Warner Music

• ABC Records

• Universal Music Group

One of the biggest violators of pirated music was the peer-to-peer file-sharing service named....

• Limewire

• Napster

• Kazaa

• Spotify

Currently, what has had a major impact on the decline of CD sales and iTunes?

• Paid subscription streaming

• YouTube

• Podcasts

• Vinyl records