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By: Hating on CDs? Well, see deez nutz. « No Happy Medium

Hating on CDs? Well, see deez nutz. « No Happy Medium — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:05:46 +0000

[...] unloved CD? You’re going to have to wait a while. Compact discs are increasingly hard to find (at least in physical stores), but someone out there keeps buying them: The ancient format still makes up the majority of music [...]

By: Not Dead Yet! The CD Still Rules Music (But iTunes Is Closing the Gap). [MediaMemo] | UpOff.com

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:24:07 +0000

By: Not Dead Yet! The CD Still Rules Music (But iTunes is Closing the Gap) [MediaMemo] | UpOff.com

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:21:40 +0000

[...] CD? You’re going to have to wait a while. Compact discs are increasingly hard to find (at least in physical stores), but someone out there keeps buying them: The ancient format still makes up the majority of music [...]

By: Not Dead Yet! The CD Still Rules Music (But iTunes is Closing the Gap) | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:42:02 +0000

By: Not News: CD Buyers Disappearing Daily. Might Be News: Music Buyers Disappearing, Too | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:44:09 +0000

[...] Common sense tells you that the CD is a vanishing artifact. So would a trip to the music section of your local Best Buy (BBE), Target (TGT) or Wal-Mart (WMT) — or an actual music store, if you could find one. [...]

By: Does Marsha Blackburn want to give Britney Spears a bailout? | In Session | Politics & Government Blog | Tennessean.com

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:01:45 +0000

[...] All of the of Internet Webcasters have to pay performers something, and so does Sirius XM Satellite (SIRI). And as Warner Music Group (WMG) boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. likes to point out, there are only a handful of other countries that give radio a free ride like the US does, and those include North Korea and Iran. Meanwhile the industry needs the dough more than ever, since its primary revenue source keeps falling away. [...]

By: Will Britney Get a Bailout? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:34:57 +0000

[...] All of the of Internet Webcasters have to pay performers something, and so does Sirius XM Satellite (SIRI). And as Warner Music Group (WMG) boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. likes to point out, there are only a handful of other countries that give radio a free ride like the US does, and those include North Korea and Iran. Meanwhile the industry needs the dough, more than ever, since its primary revenue source keeps falling away. [...]

By: Bjorn Tipling

Bjorn Tipling — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:53:24 +0000

I don’t even rip existing CD’s, I just buy them again on Amazon. Too lazy to dig out those CD’s and then rip them. Meh.

By: Dave Barnes

Dave Barnes — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:38:41 +0000

Who is buying CDs?
We have not bought a CD in 3 years.
My wife has an eMusic subscription and I have an account at Amie Street.
I am also still in the process of ripping all our existing CDs to FLAC and MP4.

And, there is always ThePirateBay.org, those fun-loving Swedish boys.