Managemental Podcast With Blasko And Mike Mowery

In this week’s episode of ManageMental, Blasko and Mike chat about streaming and the future of music. This is gonna be killer...so let’s get mental! Original Article: http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/streaming-is-killed-the-cd-and-its-ok.html TITLE: Steaming killed the CD and It’s OK. Earlier this year, US-based supermarket chain Best Buy announced it will no longer carry music on physical CDs due to its dwindling sales. According to sources speaking to Billboard Magazine, the chain was making a mere $40 million a year from record sales, a sum that’s apparently too small to carry on. Best Buy plans to completely eliminate CDs from its stores by July 1st, the sources say, but it will continue to sell vinyl for at least two more years. Evolution and Convenience Technology is evolving at a fast pace - and the recording industry does the same, mostly to cater to its consumers’ needs. Gone are the days when you had to buy a CD and rip/encode the music from it so you can listen to it on your iPod or mobile pho