Recording Industry in Numbers 2012
IFPI's Recording Industry in Numbers report provides a comprehensive picture of the key trends of today's music business. It is an invaluable source of authoritative data and analysis about the recorded music market globally for music companies, analysts, investors, commentators, academics and many others.
IFPI, Available for purchase.
2012 Digital Music Report
A comprehensive overview of the global digital music sector.
IFPI
The True Price of Peer to Peer File Sharing
This report examines data gathered by Industry Canada in support of decisions surrounding copyright reform. This new analysis concludes that reforms that deter peer to peer (P2P) downloading will lead to increased music sales and artist revenues and the preservation of jobs in the creative industries.
Canadian Intellectual Property Council (CIPC), March 2011
The True Price of Peer to Peer File Sharing.pdf
The Cultural Human Resources Council has a number of resources that could be helpful to those working in Canada's media fields:
Chart of Competencies: