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EMI Only Selling CDs To Mega-Chains From Now On

Posted by samzenpus on from the another-brick-in-the-wall dept.

farrellj writes "According to Zeropaid, record company EMI has been notifying small music stores that they will no longer be able to buy EMI CDs from EMI, and will have to buy product from mega-chains like Walmart. Independent record store customers are some of the most loyal music buyers around. You are not going to find the back catalog, what used to be the staple of the music business, at your local Walmart. One wonders when the music business is going to run out of feet to shoot?"

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  1. Well, no. by gowen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are not going to find the back catalog, what used to be the staple of the music business, at your local Walmart.

    Well, no. But you won't find the vast majority of that at specialist retailers either, they don't have the space. They would order it for you, but everyone knows its easier (and frequently cheaper) to get it from amazon or their ilk. The web retailer own that long-tail retail space, and that's not going to change.

    Specialist records stores will have to survive solely on the quality of information and advice their staff can provide -- it's their only market advantage.

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  2. Re:CDs? by sopssa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People here seem to taking the "music industry is evil and outdated" thinking route again. However when I saw the title and summary, I couldn't but think that they're starting to see how internet distribution starts to dominate.

    So now they're cutting extra costs by only delivering physical media to the largest retailers, and maybe putting that effort into online sales. If so, for me this sounds good.