40 years after birth of CDs, fans remember the arrival: 'It seemed like a leap into the future'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBack in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with...
The Rise, Fall and Afterlife of the CD, As Seen Through Billboard’s Archives
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOld formats never die — they just spin around again. Compact disc sales first outpaced vinyl in...
The Club You Don’t Want Let Into
SPIN via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThroughout the 1990s, corporate CD clubs like Columbia House and the BMG Music Service dumped millions upon millions of compact discs on a consumer...
Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold,...
Dua Lipa wins in court: 'Levitating' infringement case from Florida reggae group dismissed
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoDua Lipa claimed victory in the court room — for now. Grammy-winning "Don't Start Now" singer, alongside songwriters Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson and Stephen Kozmeniuk plus Warner Records ...
Forget Streaming. McIntosh Just Debuted Its Most Ambitious CD Player Yet.
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen conversations at cocktail parties stall, talk often gets kick-started by harmless subjects like...
CULTURE CLASH
SPIN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 1987, CDs were still called Compact Discs, and they were forever! With an exclamation point. In 1987, all eight members of The Clash — yes, there had...
Classified documents show up in odd places, portraying sloppy system beyond Trump, Pence, Biden
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWASHINGTON – Beyond the high-profile cases of classified documents found in the homes of President...
Inspiration and innovation: TEDx Savannah returns to showcase city's cutting-edge thinkers
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoDid you know: In 1984, The first TED Talk featured compact disc technology, the e-book,...
Renaissance of vinyl records prompts Greensburg pop-up sale
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 26—As the compact disc marks 40 years of availability in the United States this month, it is being surpassed by an older form of music media — vinyl. The number of CD album sales dropped ...