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Changes in Nashville

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Posted on June 29, 2008 - 1:00pm at Coolfer
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The Tennessean has a very comprehensive series of articles on how Nashville and country music are changing in the fact of new technologies and retail climates. The feature also looks at what these changes mean for fans.

Starbucks' Growing Pains

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Posted on March 17, 2008 - 12:48pm at Coolfer
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Jeff Leeds' article on Starbucks' music retailing ambitions, "Does This Latte Have a Funny Mainstream Taste to You?," says the coffee giant's admired role as a new-era music retailer has lost its luster.

Chain and Mass Merchant Album Shares Down, Indies Flat, Non-Traditional Up

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Posted on January 8, 2008 - 6:11am at Coolfer
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This post at mi2n.com has all sorts of Soundscan facts for 2007. Much of the info has been tossed around the Internet in recent days, but the breakdown of retail sales has not received much attention. It should. Label shares rise and fall, but changes in retail market shares reflect broader and longer lasting shifts.

Non-traditional retailers (which are things like download stores, online CD stores and venue sales) saw its share

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