The Financial Times writes that “

[n]ine out of every 10 singles are now sold through online platforms such as iTunes or downloaded to mobile phones, according to new figures from the British Phonographic Industry which show the growth of digital music offset by an accelerating decline in CD sales.”

The New York Times reports that “[e]xpanding a hunt for commerce in the burgeoning art of Web video, Hollywood’s United Talent Agency and the Internet-based advertising agency Spot Runner have started a ministudio for digital entertainment from established actors, directors and others, the agencies said on Tuesday.  The new company, 60Frames Entertainment, is the latest effort by those versed in old media to tap the power of short videos that have attracted millions to portals like MySpace, YouTube and elsewhere.”

PC Magazine has an interesting article today on the “six tech-savvy things the next President should promise.”

In a different article, the New York Times points out that even though “the benefits for the United States [of the South Korea free trade agreement that’s up for vote in Congress right now] will likely never live up to the Bush administration’s enthusiastic claims,” the agreement is still “well worth supporting.”

Internetnews.com reports that, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office (GAO), “[d]ata breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited.  […]  The report, issued late last week, found more than 570 data breaches were reported in the news media from January 2005 through December 2006.”  However, the report also states that “[a]vailable data and interviews with researchers, law enforcement officials and industry representatives indicated that most breaches have not resulted in detected incidents of identity theft, particularly the unauthorized creation of new accounts.”