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ALL CREDIT LEYELS ENCOURAGED TO CALL val Times are very happy that something is she said if you saw one or two people out here you knew they were either staying at Harbour Lights or going to Medieval The lineup of ride builders includes six big names in the industry that specialize in roller coasters dark rides and other gadgets that have found homes in places such as Carowinds Six Flags theme parks malls Universal Studios and other attractions around the world Among those on board are Bolliger Mabillard a Switzerland-based company that makes six different kinds of steel roller coasters Premier Rides a firm with headquarters in Millersville Md that has made rides for Six Flags parks and Sally Corp of Jacksonville Fla which specializes in dark rides and animatronics After yean of uncertainty over whether the park would get the funding to be built businesses in the area are happy to see action Sue Price sales director at the Staybridge Suites next to the park cant wait Hie park has the potential to give the once struggling- Fantasy Harbour area the jolt it needs she said "It will benefit our business she said know it is PARK From Page ID Mint of the hiring now is fin: administrative jobs Hiring for the bulk of the park jobs wont start until late this year or in early 2008 said Steven Goodwin the chief executive officer The park will have 40 attractions in six custom-designed zones including an amphitheater fin concerts restaurants stores and a play area It will tap Hard massive memorabilia collection to give the park the rode roll feel and already has landed the The Magical Mystery Tour bus a psychedelic relic that toted the Beatles around Liverpool in the 1987 Aim by the same name Hard Rock recently bought by the Seminole TVibe of Florida is ony lending its name to the project Most of the funding came from private investors and by issuing bonds The park has added action to an area off UJ3 501 that needed new life Known as Fantasy Harbour the area has struggled to find its place as the once thriving Waccamaw Factory Shoppes lost their appeal Now tons of activity as crews work on the park and the nearby Fantasy Harbour bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway The park will give more people a reason to come to the area said Jennifer Willard marketing manager at Medie Call Toll Free E811-3726 LaReta Gleason Christina DiBacco Tania Golden Juan Rojas Rachel McKown Senior LaaaOflktr Ext 401 Rcvcm Mortgage ITIN Loan SpcdalM LaaaOfflar Ext 201 SpccWkt ExL JS1 Ext 301 Ext 251 4226 Mayfair Street Suite 202 Myrtle Beach SC 29577 wwwMortgageNsightscom Ei 500 BisaTtSvi llTNIMM Contact DAWN BRYANT at 626-0296 or dbryantthesurmewscam 600000 copies a week In general even big titles are stalling out far earlier than they did a few years ago The music industry has been banking on the rise of digital music to compensate for inevi- table drops in sales of CDs 2003 launch of its iTunes Store was greeted as a new day in music retailing one that would allow fans to conveniently and quickly snap up huge amounts of musk: from limitless virtual shelves It worked out that way at least bo far Digital sales of individual songs this year have risen 54 percent from a year earlier to 1734 million according to Nielsen SoundScan But that's nowhere near enough to offset the 20 percent decline from a year ago in CD sales to 8L5 million units Overall sales of all music digital and physical are down 10 percent this year And even including sales of ringtones subscription services and other goods sales are still down 9 percent according to one estimate some recording executives have privately questioned that figure which was included in a recent report by Pali Research Meanwhile 1 billion songs a month are traded on illegal file-sharing networks according to BigChampagne LLC Adding to the musk misery CD prices have fallen amid pressure for cheaper prices from big-box retailers like Wal-Mart and others That pressure is feeding through to record labels' bottom lines As the market has deteriorated Warner Music Group Corp which reported a 74 percent drop in profits for the fourth quarter of 2006 is expected to report little relief in the first quarter of this year tPAr ji Amv 4vro MUSIC From Page ID advertisements for more-lucrative goods like concert tickets and T-shirts "Sales are so down and so off that as a manager I look at a CD as part of the marketing of an artist more than as an income says Rabhan the vehicle that drives the tour the merehandise building the brand and it no money" The music industry has found itself almost powerless in the bee of this shift Its struggles are hardly unique in the media world The film TV and publishing industries are also finding it hard to adapt to the digital age Though consumers are exposed to more media in more ways than ever before the challenge for media companies is finding a way to make money from all that exposure Newspaper publishers for example are finding that their Internet advertising growing fast enough to replace the lore of traditional print ads In recent weeks the music industry has posted some of the weakest sales it has ever recorded This year has already seen the two lowest-selling No 1 albums since Nielsen Sound-Scan which tracks music sales was launched in 199L One week "American runner-up Chris rock band sold just 65000 copies of its chart-topping album another week the movie sound-trade sold a mere 60000 As recently as 2005 there were many weeks when such tallies have been enough to crack the top 80 sellers In prior years it uncommon for a No 1 record to sell 500000 or cousfo AMBASSADOR RAINTiSERVICE MYRTLE BEACH 1329 US Hwy 501 843-839-9199 IMPORTANT CONSUMER FNfOflMXTION Subject lo Customar Aflnt CaNrifi Plan reteta form credit approval Up to $1 75 wn by mM vyvmf Network date it vzwsom Often end 33107 Whj5iuixSiht eal termination fM Wfwi cnvmna C0VOTgt' lhdMialafcMMar AS Mat lmnWntnmiMY I.