Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) pulled down a whopping $171 million from digital revenue in the three months to December 31 - that’s 2.4 percent more than the prior quarter and 20 percent more than the period a year before.

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WMG also swung to a $23 million net profit from a $16 million net loss a year ago, thanks to selling its minority stake in Front Line Management. But none of this is enough to halt the overall decline - quarterly group revenue fell 11.2 percent from a year ago to $878 million, reflecting “the shift in consumption patterns from physical sales to new forms of digital music, as well as the impact of the turbulent global economy on retailers”...

—Overall music sales dropping, especially at home: Overall revenue in the important recorded music division fell 11.9 percent from last year’s quarter to $749 million. Within this, whilst overseas income grew 6.1 percent, the picture is worse in the US, where domestic music revenue slumped 21.3 percent to $315 million, “due to continued contracting demand for physical product by retailers primarily in the US.”