CNN has a story on CD singles that seem to dissapear from the stores. And if you thought this was because everyone is getting their songs from the internet, you're wrong.
The industry does not release singles anymore because they are not profitable enough. They rather have you buying an entire album for 18$
Record retailers complain this alienates fans, particularly young ones, by forcing them to spend more than they want or -- worse yet -- retrieve songs online. |
"I think they're losing a whole generation of record buyers," said Carl Rosenbaum, chief executive of Top Hits, a Buffalo Grove, Illinois, company that supplies music to 15,000 stores nationwide.
"You either have to steal it off the Internet or you just don't buy it at all," he said. "The other option is to buy a full CD for $18. If you're just introducing yourself to an act, you don't want to do that. It's hard to figure out what their thinking is."
Music executives, in turn, blame retailers for discounting singles so heavily it's impossible to make money.
"We can't work it out," said Val Azzoli, co-chairman of the Atlantic Group of record labels. "We're not an industry that works together."
Well to be honest, who needs singles, I never bought them before I had internet, and if I now like a song, I download it. If this would be impossible, then so be it, I would still not buy a single.
Read the entire article here. Very intresting !
Source: CNN.com
