Universal Slashes CD Prices

American Voices

March 25, 2010 | ISSUE 46•12

Hoping to revive moribund sales, Universal Music Group is dropping the price of most new CDs to $10 or less. What do you think?

CDs, cool. One of those came with the last Fleet Foxes 45 I bought.

Darnell Schwartz
Line Manager
I think a more realistic way for Universal to increase CD sales would be to develop some kind of device that erases the memories of everybody on earth so that no one realizes the Internet still exists."

Douglas Yauch
Loom Operator
Right on. I can't wait to buy the next album from Universal.

Taylor Diamond
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