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  • From: martin hall <mdhall005 AT gmail.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Walmart has a great selection, though.
  • Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:21:51 -0400

That is probably the stupidest, most poorly researched article I have ever
seen.
Gotta love the internet. Jump to unsubstantiated conclusions much?
Glenn and the (as best I can tell, one sane/informed) commenter sussed it
out.
One Stops do not = WAL MART or BEST BUY.
As best I can tell EMI is still selling to One Stops.
The sky is not falling.

Actually, I guess the sky is and will continue to fall, just not in this
particular/specific fashion.

-5er



On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Glenn / Local 506 <local506 AT gmail.com>wrote:

> This was in the comments...and is likely the explanation. I dug a
> little deeper as that article made little sense. I mean, why would a
> music distribution company not want their music in dedicated music
> stores...glenn
>
> >>this really isn=92t such a big deal. First of all =93One Stops=94 DOES
> NO=
> T mean Wal-mart and Best Buy. A one stop is a distributor that buys from
> th=
> e labels and sells to retailers. Most indie stores get their product from
> o=
> ne stops anyway. Some labels do sell directly to larger indie stores that
> h=
> ave a large volume, but this, and only this, is what EMI is halting. I
> shou=
> ld know, as I am an indie retailer. We have always used a one stop
> distribu=
> tor, and will continue to do so. And F*CK Wal-mart!
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --
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