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23 Jan 2011 12:21

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Biz: CDs are dying: Sony closing another CD-production factory

  • 277 workers lost their jobs in 2003, after a Springfield, Ore. CD plant (run by Sony) closed
  • 300 workers in Pitman, N.J. will lose their jobs when their CD plant closes on March 31
  • one Sony CD plant (in Terre Haute, Ind.) will exist in the US after that plant closes source
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18 Apr 2009 18:47

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Biz, Music: Go in a record store today and buy a cool physical disc

  • Independent record stores may be in declining in influence and popularity, but they’re still institutions worth supporting. Which is why Record Store Day which started in 2007, came about. source
  • Numerous bands – big and small – are chipping in to support the institutions, both via live performances and special record-store-only releases. So what are you waiting for? source
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