By 2008, the percentage of music sales online is expected to triple, to 12 percent, according to Jupiter Research.

He had most recently been a senior analyst for Jupiter Research, San Francisco.

Consider the 15 analysts at Jupiter Research who are blogging each day about online developments.

Jupiter Research estimates that advertisers spent $43 million on the Internet last year and $72 million in the first half.

Total sales of movie and event tickets online are expected to reach $3.1 billion in 2003, according to Jupiter Research, the Internet consulting firm.

If companies can make it work, the projected market for first-run movies alone is about $640 million by 2006, according to Jupiter Research.

Along with the record executives, Jupiter Research also surveyed online music stores, rights bodies, and technology providers.

No other industry makes as much money online from monthly fees, not even pornography, according to Jupiter Research.

Jupiter Research, another market research firm, says the growth rate has peaked.

Americans are expected to spend $100 billion online for retail goods this year, $32 billion of that during the holiday season, Jupiter Research says.