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Amoeba Music Is Now Selling Weed

June 12, 2018

Amoeba Music on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley, CA (photo: Lawrence Gerald CC 2.0) Amoeba Music’s flagship store in Berkeley just opened a weed-friendly pot shop to boost business. California has legalized weed, ... Read More...

Tower Records on Sunset Dodges the Wrecking Ball — For Now

Paul Resnikoff

June 4, 2018

Tower Records on Sunset, a relic of the old-school music industry, may soon be gone. Gibson Guitar is now wriggling out of its expensive lease of Tower Records on Sunset. Now, the building's property manager... Read More...

Tower Records on Sunset Could Face the Wrecking Ball — Thanks to Gibson Guitar

Paul Resnikoff

May 24, 2018

The storied Tower Records building on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles could be getting demolished — thanks to the situation surrounding Gibson Guitar's bankruptcy. Tower Records has been out of business for more... Read More...

Russ Solomon — The Guy Who Started Tower Records — Is Dead

Paul Resnikoff

March 5, 2018

Tower Records on Sunset, shortly before its closing in December, 2006 (photo: Mike Dillon, CC 3.0) He was the king of music retail, until music retail came crashing down. Russ Solomon, founder and longtime r... Read More...

Best Buy Will Stop Selling CDs Effective July 1st — and Target Is Next

Paul Resnikoff

February 3, 2018

photo: Rob Lawton (CC 2.0) CDs don't sell anymore. So Best Buy is ditching them — and Target is about to follow suit. Who buys CDs anymore? Not enough people, at least at Best Buy stores. Accordingly, the... Read More...

Sales of Cassette Tapes Have Quietly Grown 136.1% In the Past Year

Lennon Cihak

January 9, 2018

photo: InspiredImages (CC 0) Vinyl records aren't the only media format on the rise. Over the past few years, the classic cassette tape has been growing in popularity. Oh so quietly. The numbers aren't h... Read More...

Canadian Record Store Chain Grows 925% — In One Year

Paul Resnikoff

December 6, 2017

This is the story of a small Canadian record chain that made it through the hard times. Then, became one of the largest record store chains in North America. Ten years ago, the fate of traditional record st... Read More...

Record Stores and Indie Labels Want Albums to Be Released on Mondays

Nina Ulloa

November 25, 2014

Earlier this year it was reported that the music industry is considering shifting to a global album release day in 2015. This makes sense, we live in the age of a global internet but are still trying to rel... Read More...

What It’s Really Like to Work In a Music Store…

Priscilla Kim

July 15, 2013

A series showcasing a peek into the life of a music store employee... ... Read More...

Walmart Is Now Selling DVDs for 96 Cents…

Paul Resnikoff

April 26, 2013

Last year, we found Walmart selling lots of CDs for just $5. Then, we found the same thing at Target. But this takes the cake: it turns out that Walmart is now dropping DVDs as low as 96 cents. That is, if th... Read More...

Breaking: Multiple Consumers Found Browsing, Buying CDs In Crowded Urban Area…

Paul Resnikoff

March 21, 2013

The music industry is trying to solve a riddle: which fans want which stuff, and how do we sell it to them? But that could be ignoring consumers that still want to purchase plain ol' CDs, even though they also... Read More...

HMV Workers Demanding Back Pay, Cops Controlling Angry Customers…

Paul Resnikoff

January 17, 2013

If you're wondering what disruption really looks like, this would be it. This is the ugly side, and it sucks if it's happening to you. Which brings us to the collapsing HMV, the now-bankrupt retailer that ... Read More...

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Amoeba Music Is Now Selling Weed

Tower Records on Sunset Dodges the Wrecking Ball — For Now

Tower Records on Sunset Could Face the Wrecking Ball — Thanks to Gibson Guitar

Russ Solomon — The Guy Who Started Tower Records — Is Dead

Best Buy Will Stop Selling CDs Effective July 1st — and Target Is Next

Sales of Cassette Tapes Have Quietly Grown 136.1% In the Past Year

Canadian Record Store Chain Grows 925% — In One Year

Record Stores and Indie Labels Want Albums to Be Released on Mondays

What It’s Really Like to Work In a Music Store…

Walmart Is Now Selling DVDs for 96 Cents…

Breaking: Multiple Consumers Found Browsing, Buying CDs In Crowded Urban Area…

HMV Workers Demanding Back Pay, Cops Controlling Angry Customers…