Despite long odds, a Canadian businessman has turned bankrupt HMV UK profitable
When HMV collapsed under a mountain of debt, everyone rightly believed that it was the end of a record store
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Ongoing History Daily: Format wars
Format wars are nothing new: Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD. AAC vs. WMA vs. MP3. But 100 years ago, the competing formats
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Random music news for Thursday, July 22, 2021
Someone was bribed with a golden toilet? Over to music news for July 22, 2021. Chester Bennington’s widow posted this
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Random music news for Wednesday, July 21, 2021
At some point, we’re going to want to get back on an airplane. Here’s the latest rating of the best
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 920: The history of the record store
Before we begin, I am very aware that there are many people who have never, ever set foot in a
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Random music news for Tuesday, April 13, 2021
There’s now a board game for cats. Please enjoy. And now, music news for April 13, 2021. Here’s an ask
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Random music news for Saturday, June 13, 2020
First, a message from Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg has a word for Donald Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/gjxfL9GDjf — XXL Magazine (@XXL)
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Canada’s Sunrise Records just got bigger by buying a big American company.
Doug Putnam, the owner of Canada’s Sunrise Records, is certainly ambitious. After buying the leases of more than 70 HMV
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Random music news for Thursday, January 16, 2020
It was eleven years ago today that Sully Sullivan landed that airliner in the Hudson River. Moving to music news
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Random music news for Monday, January 6, 2020
In Las Vegas for CES. Watch this space for more stuff like this. Meanwhile, here’s music news for January 6,
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Random music news for Thursday, October 24, 2019
If I hear the term “quid pro quo” again today, I think my brain will explode. There will be none
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