Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Streaming and environmental sustainability. Peabody Award nominees include podcasts. Why keep your CD collection. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: GM tracking consumer listening behavior in cars. London’s radio pirates changed music; then came the Internet. Does music’s Q4 matter anymore? Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: How AI-generated music is changing the way hits are made. Meet the company preparing to be the last CD distributor standing. Virginia is for podcast lovers. Continue Reading
This weekend officially marked the end of an era for retailer Best Buy. The company ended its sales of compact discs on July 1, a move that was first hinted at back in February. The move is a strong reaction from the retail sector in response to the steady drop in physical music sales. Continue Reading
Two big box retailers are changing their policies when it comes to sales of CDs in moves that could further dampen sales of the format. Best Buy told suppliers that it will remove CDs from its stores completely beginning July 1. Target is pushing for a new sales model that places the financial burden on labels. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Forbes on podcasting; India and Internet radio; an oral history on CDs’ last days; call for “more innovators and fewer lawyers.” Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: First listen to Radio Disney Country; messaging vs streaming; possible death knell for CD players in cars. Continue Reading
Columbia House, the company of 1980s mail-order music and movie fame, is no more. Parent company Filmed Entertainment filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy this week and is looking to sell off the parts of its business still in operation. Continue Reading
CDs are having a tough time of it on the sales charts, and some retailers seem to be throwing in the towel. Starbucks announced that it will no longer have discs for sale at its counters. Grocery chain Whole Foods may be considering the same move. Continue Reading
Starbucks, long the purveyor of lattes and cappuccinos, announced that it will stop selling CDs at its registers at the end of March. “Music will remain a key component of our coffeehouse and retail experience, however we will continue to evolve the format of our music offerings to ensure we’re offering relevant options for our customers,” a Starbucks rep told Billboard about the decision. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: NYT on why CDs rule Japan; Dash Two on internet radio for advertising; GM narrowing focus for connected car apps. Continue Reading
It makes sense. Put the new model where the old model lives. Try to bring in a new audience that might not have sampled competing services yet. That’s what Rhapsody’s just-announced partnership with Best Buy is attempting. Anyone buying a… Continue Reading