How Much Are the Times Changing?

EXACTLY HOW MUCH ARE. THE TIMES A-CHANGIN'? When it comes to American media habits, not even Bob Dylan could have predicted the digital revolution of the past 10 years. The growth of blogs, e-mails, and music downloads has exceeded all expectations-though some old-media favorites have fared surprisingly well. And Krusty the Clown would be proud. But overall, Dylan had it right: "You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone." ACTIVE BLOGS DAILY GOOGLE SEARCHES REALITY-TV SHOWS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 12,000 141 MALLION 100 MILLION 2 BILLION 320 VIDĚOGAME REVENUE 'LAW & ORDER' EPISODES BOOKS PUBLISHED 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $7.98 BILLION $19.66 BILLION 223 905 282,242 1,052,803 SPAM DAILY LETTERS MAILED DAILY E-MAILS TEXT MESSAGES 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 207.88 BILLION 175.67 BILLION 12 BILLION 247 BILLION 400,000 4.5 BILLIO HARD-DRIVE STORAGE CLOWNS TIME SPENT ONLINE 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $10/GIGABYTE 6c/GIGABYTE 1,200 2,700 2.7 HRS./WK. 18 HRS./WK. DAILY NEWSPAPERS CD SALES REVENUE ITUNES DOWNLOADS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 1,480 1,302 $943 MILLION $427.9 MILLION 10 BILLION By Number 17, NYC and Nayeli E. Rodriguez Sources: Blogpulse, Google Official History, Reality The NPD Group, NBC, Bo USPS, The Radicati Group, Forbes, World Clown Association, Nielsen, Newspaper Association of America, Digital Music News, Apple, Itunes (launched in 2001) Image credits, top to bottom, left to right: courtesy of Nintendo, Boris Roessler-DPA-Corbis, Corbis, courtesy of Nintendo, Miranda Penn Turin-courtesy of USA Network (2), Chairman Ting Creative-Getty Images, no credit, Martin Lee-Alamy, Nation Wong-Getty Images, Laurent Davoust-Age Fotostock, Fox, Don Farrall-Getty Images, Winston Davidian-Getty Images, no credit (5), no credit, Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images EXACTLY HOW MUCH ARE. THE TIMES A-CHANGIN'? When it comes to American media habits, not even Bob Dylan could have predicted the digital revolution of the past 10 years. The growth of blogs, e-mails, and music downloads has exceeded all expectations-though some old-media favorites have fared surprisingly well. And Krusty the Clown would be proud. But overall, Dylan had it right: "You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone." ACTIVE BLOGS DAILY GOOGLE SEARCHES REALITY-TV SHOWS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 12,000 141 MALLION 100 MILLION 2 BILLION 320 VIDĚOGAME REVENUE 'LAW & ORDER' EPISODES BOOKS PUBLISHED 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $7.98 BILLION $19.66 BILLION 223 905 282,242 1,052,803 SPAM DAILY LETTERS MAILED DAILY E-MAILS TEXT MESSAGES 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 207.88 BILLION 175.67 BILLION 12 BILLION 247 BILLION 400,000 4.5 BILLIO HARD-DRIVE STORAGE CLOWNS TIME SPENT ONLINE 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $10/GIGABYTE 6c/GIGABYTE 1,200 2,700 2.7 HRS./WK. 18 HRS./WK. DAILY NEWSPAPERS CD SALES REVENUE ITUNES DOWNLOADS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 1,480 1,302 $943 MILLION $427.9 MILLION 10 BILLION By Number 17, NYC and Nayeli E. Rodriguez Sources: Blogpulse, Google Official History, Reality The NPD Group, NBC, Bo USPS, The Radicati Group, Forbes, World Clown Association, Nielsen, Newspaper Association of America, Digital Music News, Apple, Itunes (launched in 2001) Image credits, top to bottom, left to right: courtesy of Nintendo, Boris Roessler-DPA-Corbis, Corbis, courtesy of Nintendo, Miranda Penn Turin-courtesy of USA Network (2), Chairman Ting Creative-Getty Images, no credit, Martin Lee-Alamy, Nation Wong-Getty Images, Laurent Davoust-Age Fotostock, Fox, Don Farrall-Getty Images, Winston Davidian-Getty Images, no credit (5), no credit, Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images EXACTLY HOW MUCH ARE. THE TIMES A-CHANGIN'? When it comes to American media habits, not even Bob Dylan could have predicted the digital revolution of the past 10 years. The growth of blogs, e-mails, and music downloads has exceeded all expectations-though some old-media favorites have fared surprisingly well. And Krusty the Clown would be proud. But overall, Dylan had it right: "You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone." ACTIVE BLOGS DAILY GOOGLE SEARCHES REALITY-TV SHOWS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 12,000 141 MALLION 100 MILLION 2 BILLION 320 VIDĚOGAME REVENUE 'LAW & ORDER' EPISODES BOOKS PUBLISHED 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $7.98 BILLION $19.66 BILLION 223 905 282,242 1,052,803 SPAM DAILY LETTERS MAILED DAILY E-MAILS TEXT MESSAGES 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 207.88 BILLION 175.67 BILLION 12 BILLION 247 BILLION 400,000 4.5 BILLIO HARD-DRIVE STORAGE CLOWNS TIME SPENT ONLINE 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $10/GIGABYTE 6c/GIGABYTE 1,200 2,700 2.7 HRS./WK. 18 HRS./WK. DAILY NEWSPAPERS CD SALES REVENUE ITUNES DOWNLOADS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 1,480 1,302 $943 MILLION $427.9 MILLION 10 BILLION By Number 17, NYC and Nayeli E. Rodriguez Sources: Blogpulse, Google Official History, Reality The NPD Group, NBC, Bo USPS, The Radicati Group, Forbes, World Clown Association, Nielsen, Newspaper Association of America, Digital Music News, Apple, Itunes (launched in 2001) Image credits, top to bottom, left to right: courtesy of Nintendo, Boris Roessler-DPA-Corbis, Corbis, courtesy of Nintendo, Miranda Penn Turin-courtesy of USA Network (2), Chairman Ting Creative-Getty Images, no credit, Martin Lee-Alamy, Nation Wong-Getty Images, Laurent Davoust-Age Fotostock, Fox, Don Farrall-Getty Images, Winston Davidian-Getty Images, no credit (5), no credit, Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images EXACTLY HOW MUCH ARE. THE TIMES A-CHANGIN'? When it comes to American media habits, not even Bob Dylan could have predicted the digital revolution of the past 10 years. The growth of blogs, e-mails, and music downloads has exceeded all expectations-though some old-media favorites have fared surprisingly well. And Krusty the Clown would be proud. But overall, Dylan had it right: "You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone." ACTIVE BLOGS DAILY GOOGLE SEARCHES REALITY-TV SHOWS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 12,000 141 MALLION 100 MILLION 2 BILLION 320 VIDĚOGAME REVENUE 'LAW & ORDER' EPISODES BOOKS PUBLISHED 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $7.98 BILLION $19.66 BILLION 223 905 282,242 1,052,803 SPAM DAILY LETTERS MAILED DAILY E-MAILS TEXT MESSAGES 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 207.88 BILLION 175.67 BILLION 12 BILLION 247 BILLION 400,000 4.5 BILLIO HARD-DRIVE STORAGE CLOWNS TIME SPENT ONLINE 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $10/GIGABYTE 6c/GIGABYTE 1,200 2,700 2.7 HRS./WK. 18 HRS./WK. DAILY NEWSPAPERS CD SALES REVENUE ITUNES DOWNLOADS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 1,480 1,302 $943 MILLION $427.9 MILLION 10 BILLION By Number 17, NYC and Nayeli E. Rodriguez Sources: Blogpulse, Google Official History, Reality The NPD Group, NBC, Bo USPS, The Radicati Group, Forbes, World Clown Association, Nielsen, Newspaper Association of America, Digital Music News, Apple, Itunes (launched in 2001) Image credits, top to bottom, left to right: courtesy of Nintendo, Boris Roessler-DPA-Corbis, Corbis, courtesy of Nintendo, Miranda Penn Turin-courtesy of USA Network (2), Chairman Ting Creative-Getty Images, no credit, Martin Lee-Alamy, Nation Wong-Getty Images, Laurent Davoust-Age Fotostock, Fox, Don Farrall-Getty Images, Winston Davidian-Getty Images, no credit (5), no credit, Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images EXACTLY HOW MUCH ARE. THE TIMES A-CHANGIN'? When it comes to American media habits, not even Bob Dylan could have predicted the digital revolution of the past 10 years. The growth of blogs, e-mails, and music downloads has exceeded all expectations-though some old-media favorites have fared surprisingly well. And Krusty the Clown would be proud. But overall, Dylan had it right: "You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone." ACTIVE BLOGS DAILY GOOGLE SEARCHES REALITY-TV SHOWS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 12,000 141 MALLION 100 MILLION 2 BILLION 320 VIDĚOGAME REVENUE 'LAW & ORDER' EPISODES BOOKS PUBLISHED 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $7.98 BILLION $19.66 BILLION 223 905 282,242 1,052,803 SPAM DAILY LETTERS MAILED DAILY E-MAILS TEXT MESSAGES 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 207.88 BILLION 175.67 BILLION 12 BILLION 247 BILLION 400,000 4.5 BILLIO HARD-DRIVE STORAGE CLOWNS TIME SPENT ONLINE 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 $10/GIGABYTE 6c/GIGABYTE 1,200 2,700 2.7 HRS./WK. 18 HRS./WK. DAILY NEWSPAPERS CD SALES REVENUE ITUNES DOWNLOADS 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 1,480 1,302 $943 MILLION $427.9 MILLION 10 BILLION By Number 17, NYC and Nayeli E. Rodriguez Sources: Blogpulse, Google Official History, Reality The NPD Group, NBC, Bo USPS, The Radicati Group, Forbes, World Clown Association, Nielsen, Newspaper Association of America, Digital Music News, Apple, Itunes (launched in 2001) Image credits, top to bottom, left to right: courtesy of Nintendo, Boris Roessler-DPA-Corbis, Corbis, courtesy of Nintendo, Miranda Penn Turin-courtesy of USA Network (2), Chairman Ting Creative-Getty Images, no credit, Martin Lee-Alamy, Nation Wong-Getty Images, Laurent Davoust-Age Fotostock, Fox, Don Farrall-Getty Images, Winston Davidian-Getty Images, no credit (5), no credit, Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images