compact discs

• Weekly survey: Is it time for a CD revival?

  To everything there is a season--but in nature, seasons repeat themselves.

  Entertainment

  Jan 24
  
• Lorde adds another death blow to the compact disc

  CD sales continue to crater at a pace worthy of an extinction-level asteroid. Lorde's new album apparently seeks to hasten their demise.

  Entertainment

  Jun 27, 2021
  
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• A pandemic bright spot: Sales of vinyl records have exploded in Canada

  If you thought that we'd reached peak vinyl and that Canadians' renewed love affair with record had come to an end, you might want to reexamine those assumptons.

  Entertainment

  May 16, 2021
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• Weekly survey: When was the last time you bought a CD?

  Remember the days when we used to travel through space and time to purchases our music on pieces of plastic? When was the last time you did that?

  Entertainment

  Mar 22, 2021
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 907: Digital Debris part 2: Album artwork

  As we transition from buying pieces of plastic to consuming music as zeroes and ones, the entire music experience is changing. What will become of album artwork?

  Entertainment

  Jan 29, 2021
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 907: Digital Debris part 1: B-sides and bonus tracks

  The world of digital music is truly wondrous. But have you stopped to think about what we're looking in our transition from physical media to a virtual one?

  Entertainment

  Jan 22, 2021
• Starbucks to halt CD sales in Canada next month

  Has anyone told Michael Bublé yet? Coffee chain confirms that compact-disc sales will be phased out at North American stores in March.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2015