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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: record stores

record stores stories: 3 news summaries

Vinyl LPs Make
a New Sound: 
Cha-Ching!

Record sales spike
90% despite digital music, recession

Apr 26, 09 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The crackling, old-fashioned sound of vinyl LPs is back, the Los Angeles Times reports. Defying the digital music craze, record sales spiked nearly 90% last year and fueled a boom in brick-and-mortar music stores across LA. Why the uptick in a bad economy? Majestic artwork, the fun of LP-flipping, and—... More »

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record sales • records • record stores • vinyl

(Newser) - Some big-name acts are getting behind Record Store Day, tomorrow’s celebration of independent music stores that have become an endangered species in the Internet age, USA Today reports. “We touched a nerve. So many people are passionate about record stores,” says a rep of the industry group... More »

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music industry • Bob Dylan • piracy • Bruce Springsteen • record stores • Pixies • Kim Deal

10 Businesses Not Long for This World

Say goodbye to retail categories overtaken by modern reality

Oct 6, 07 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - New technology is changing the business landscape as once-profitable ventures like record stores and used book shops close their doors forever. Entrepreneur.com bets against 10 businesses that it says will be extinct by 2017:
  1. Record stores
  2. Camera film manufacturing
  3. Crop dusters
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telemarketing • list • camera • digital camera • record stores • used bookstores

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