Newbury Comics warehouse and office headquarters, which is located within Boston’s lockdown zone in the manhunt for Marathon bomber suspect, is shuttered today, as are four of the chain's stores.
While vinyl's ascension has moved beyond the realm of cool into an important moneymaker for key niches in the U.S. music industry, for all of its growth, the format still remains a relatively small percentage of sales.
Tooth & Nail and its Solid State Records imprint have signed a distribution deal with RED Distribution. The first new release through RED will be the third studio album from The Almost, out June 11 on Tooth & Nail Records.
SONGS Music Publishing signed up Nelly to a worldwide co-publishing deal, while Lyric Culture is collaborating with the Who for a line of Apparel for Bloomingdales, Warner/Chappell inks a partnership with THIS Music, and more.
While vinyl's ascension has moved beyond the realm of cool into an important moneymaker for key niches in the U.S. music industry, for all of its growth, the format still remains a small percentage of sales.
While it's never wise to read too much into first-quarter sales data, many executives will not feel great about the fact that album sales are down 5%, compared with a dip of 4.4% for the same period a year ago.
