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Originally Posted by thethrillfactor  Well than you better start because they will start to phase out the CD's next year.
Once they do that manufacturers will stop making them.
The last real big retailer for CD's is Walmart and the major labels have been trying for the longest to squeeze them out of the picture. They've gone as far as have new acts put in their contracts that they can't sell CD's through Walmart. The same will happen eventually to Itunes and Amazon. |
with all do respect, I think there's some confusion and misinformation in this post.
first off, the majors love walmart as it is the last stand of physical product and often make sweetheart deals with walmart to increase profits on volume even with reduced margins.
even as CDs are phased out - physical product will be a hits business for huge acts and key catalog - and walmart will remain the front runner in that (physical) side of the business
two, I can't imagine any scenario where a major label would put into a bands contract a clause that specifically states the major label is opposed to selling the new bands CDs to walmart - makes no sense at all.
a major may ALLOW bands to sell product directly to mom & pop stores as those stores are too small for the labels to deal with - but that's a different issue.
no doubt the majors are strategizing an all digital future, they have no choice.
it should also be noted, in the world of the majors things are preffered just as they were a decade plus ago - no digital distribution, and no mp3s... but the genie is out of the bottle and where are where we are...