CDs

Sanity scales back as north Queensland stores shut: Report

It’s the end of an era for bricks-and-mortar music retail in far north Queensland, as a raft of Sanity stores close their doors.

ARIA posts gains for 2020, powered by streaming

Australia’s recorded music industry punched through a difficult year, posting 7.3% growth, with streaming services saving the day.

RIAA mid-year report says CDs are dying three times as fast as vinyl is growing

The statistics released in the report regarding the decline of physical platforms were far more alarming than first thought.

Kmart will no longer stock CDs or DVDs

That's that then.

Why did the Sony MiniDisc fail?

It seemed like the perfect format.

Amazon report: Aussies prefer vinyl nostalgia

The death of CDs vs Shazza in Dubbo

Has the latest ARIA report signalled the finals days of the humble CD?

In Memoriam: the secret song

One of the most underappreciated losses to the musical world since the rapid decline of the CD from our collective culture has been that of the secret song.

Streaming brought in 3X more money than CDs in Australia this year

End of days.

Stream-Ripping is ‘overwhelmingly overshadowing’ other forms of music piracy in UK: Report

The fastest-rising piracy plague in the U.K. is stream-ripping, a new blight “overwhelmingly overshadowing all other illegal music services."