103.7 THE LOON » CD’s http://1037theloon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Could We Really Say Goodbye to CDs in 2012? http://1037theloon.com/could-we-really-say-goodbye-to-cds-in-2012/ http://1037theloon.com/could-we-really-say-goodbye-to-cds-in-2012/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:15:09 +0000 Jeff Giles http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=33734 It’s no secret that sales of physical music have plummeted in the 21st century, with consumers’ growing preferences for streaming and downloading songs sending the industry into a tailspin that it’s only started to shake itself out of over the last few years.

But even if CDs aren’t as hot as they were during their ’90s peak, most consumers still think of the compact disc as the predominant format — which is why it came as such a shock when a recent report surfaced claiming the major labels will phase out CDs for good in 2012.

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