Brier Dudley's Blog
Brier Dudley offers a critical look at technology and business issues affecting the Northwest.
E-mail Brier|
206.515.5687
|
Follow Brier on Twitter|
Microsoft Pri0 blog|
Subscribe | Blog Home
June 25, 2008 12:49 PM
Report: Starbucks cutting back on CD sales
Posted by Brier Dudley
From Silicon Alley Insider:
"We hear that by September, the chain will have dumped almost all of its in-store music retail offerings."
Although the chain is scaling back on its media offerings in its stores, it will still offer a selection of four CDs and offer free wireless access to iTunes, the report said.
UPDATE: The report was off a bit. Starbucks told Melissa Allison here - in a story with a named source, on the record - that the iTunes items are just moving elsewhere in the store. They are getting rid of the rotating CD racks.
The most interesting tidbit is that a handful of employees here and in Los Angeles choose the CDs. I wonder if the team in each city gets to pick two of the discs that will be sold by cash registers.
Digg
Newsvine
UPDATE - 11:32 PM
Recently listed
Popular searches
Jun 25, 08 - 08:00 PM
Billionaire divorcee suing ex-Microsoft manager's Bellevue startup
Jun 25, 08 - 12:49 PM
Report: Starbucks cutting back on CD sales
Jun 25, 08 - 11:12 AM
Mini review of T-Mobile@Home service, by telco veteran
Jun 24, 08 - 09:01 PM
T-Mobile USA boss on @Home, Symbian and (sort of) iPhone 2.0
Jun 24, 08 - 06:00 AM
Seattle's Skytap partners with Chicago on-demand vendor
nwjobs
Post a comment
Michelle Goodman blogs about work/life balance.
How to tell your office you're gravely ill
Post a comment
nwautos
Choosing a new sedan? Weigh the impact of your choice on your wallet and on the planet.
Post a comment
Open Houses | Find this weekend's open house listings.  Or search by location: |
- Suspect in officer's slaying shot by police
- Flags were key link to cop slaying, bombings
- Suspect shot as city mourns slain officer
- Mourners gather at KeyArena for slain officer's memorial
- Briefs | Soccer: New Mexico suspends hair-pulling player Elizabeth Lambert
- McGinn pulling away as late ballots come in
- Thunder and lightning again lighting up sky
- Datsun 210 sought in police shooting
- Voters expand same-sex rights
- Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect's history
- Suspect shot as city mourns slain officer
- Recipe: Penne with Smoked Turkey Sausage
- Suspect in officer's slaying shot by police
- Flags were key link to cop slaying, bombings
- Nancy Leson | An elegant offshoot of Seattle's Wild Ginger in Bellevue
- Voters expand same-sex rights
- Shoreline man killed when struck by falling tree part
- Tim Lincecum charged with misdemeanor possession
- Do It in a Day | Spend a cozy, homey day in Edmonds
- Green River Valley: Anxiety ebbs over flooding potential
June
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 |
Video
Demo of the Week: TeachStreet.com
Share your thoughts!
Gadgets and games | Fun stuff I've written about lately includes Apple's iPhone, Hewlett-Packard's HDX laptop and Microsoft's Halo3. Also on the radar are new digital video boxes such as the Tivo HD and the Vudu.