Should we still be buying CDs? Yes.
I think the last time I bought a CD was in the UK about 18 months ago. I’d stumbled on
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Compact Discs
By the end of the year, vinyl could outsell CDs for the first time since 1986 (in the US, anyway).
The sales of compact discs have been in a death spiral for almost twenty years and no amount of pulling
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It’s possible that vinyl will outsell CDs in the US as early as this year
Even though I wrote the above headline, I still can’t quite believe it. But according to the Recording Industry Association
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How long will you continue to buy things like CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays?
Item 1: Earlier this month, Samsung announced it was going to stop investing in new Blu-ray technology. While the company
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CD sales continue their death spiral in 2018. It’s not looking good and getting worse.
Rewind to 1999. Vinyl is all but dead. Predictions are that this might be the last year to buy a
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CD sales continue to tank this summer
It’s fascinating to watch how quickly sales of physical music are cratering in the age of streaming. Looking at the
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Random music news for Friday, July 20, 2018
Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the first-ever Special Olympics. It was held in Mexico City. As
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How much does streaming dominate the music industry now? Take a look at this.
Most record labels would just love it if CDs were to disappear tomorrow. No more manufacturing, transporting, warehousing and distributing.
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Another blow to the future of the compact disc came over the weekend
In the days before streaming took off, big box retailers like Walmart, Target and Best Buy were hugely important for
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Here’s the one thing I miss most about CDs
The first time I ran into a hidden track on a CD was with an early edition of Nirvana’s Nevermind.
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A well-constructed defense of the compact disc
I have a room off my office I call the CD Vault. It’s crammed with maybe 10,000 compact discs dating
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