Since MP3s first became popular a decade ago, music industry executives have obsessed over this question: when would digital music revenue finally surpass compact disc sales? For Atlantic Records, ...

Compact-disc burning and music downloading contributed to a 9 percent decline in CD shipments and a 6.8 percent slide in sales last year, the Recording Industry Association of America reported Friday.

Warner Music Group, home to Green Day and Missy Elliott, said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit slipped 58% amid a softer international market and a decline in compact disc sales, but results ...

EUniverse Inc., which ditched compact disc sales last year for advertising-supported online entertainment pursuits, continues its whirlwind dealmaking. After scoring a $17 million investment in early ...

Back in the early 2010s, the music industry was at a low point. Piracy was rampant. Compact disc sales were on a steady decline. And the then-new audio streaming services, like Spotify, were taking ...

In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

'Billboard' reports that compact disc sales rose from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million in 2021. 'Billboard' reports that compact disc sales rose from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 ...

Back in the early 2010s, the music industry was at a low point. Piracy was rampant. Compact disc sales were on a steady decline. And the then-new audio streaming services, like Spotify, were taking ...

The music industry's last-ditch effort to revive compact-disc sales with a massive price cut might have seemed downright visionary a few years ago, but now it smacks of desperation. After years of ...

In brief: As with so many retro items, it seems that the next thing making a comeback is the CD. The humble compact disc is experiencing a vinyl-like resurgence that has seen CD music sales increase ...

Back in the early 2010s, the music industry was at a low point. Piracy was rampant. Compact disc sales were on a steady decline. And the then-new audio streaming services, like Spotify, were taking ...