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Actually and FYI - UMG is lowering their CD prices to $12.98 http://money.cnn.com/services/tickerheadlines/djh/200309031515DOWJONESDJONLINE001239.htm NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Vivendi Universal's (V) Universal Music Group plans to sharply lower the consumer cost for compact discs, in an effort to bring customers back into retail stores and boost music sales. In a press release (last) Wednesday, Universal Music said it will reduce wholesale prices and implement a $12.98 manufacturer suggested retail price on virtually all of its top-line CDs in the U.S. The plan will eliminate MSRPs of as much as $18.98, and the company believes retailers will start offering the cheaper CDs as soon as Oct. 1. Shimone/Justes http://www.staticbeats.com > Electronic Music > Digital Culture http://www.boomboombap.com > First Come > First Heard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 05:11 PM 9/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:

quoted 10 lines Actually and FYI - UMG is lowering their CD prices to $12.98

>Actually and FYI - UMG is lowering their CD prices to $12.98 >http://money.cnn.com/services/tickerheadlines/djh/200309031515DOWJONESDJONLINE001239.htm > > NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Vivendi Universal's (V) Universal Music Group plans >to sharply lower the consumer cost for compact discs, in an effort to bring >customers back into retail stores and boost music sales. > >In a press release (last) Wednesday, Universal Music said it will reduce >wholesale prices and implement a $12.98 manufacturer suggested retail price >on virtually all of its top-line CDs in the U.S.

Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best Buy ran those ads, stating: All CDs under $12! Hundreds more under $10! and that weird psychedelic spinal tap thing. derek -- eggytoast.com - eggtastic.com ----- it's in your grocer's freezer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Forgive the uselessness of this post, but was Best Buy really around in the early 90's? The first time I heard of them was in 97-98.

quoted 8 lines Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best

> Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best > Buy ran those ads, stating: > > All CDs under $12! Hundreds more under $10! > > and that weird psychedelic spinal tap thing. > > derek

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It's funny that Universal gets to come off as the great price reducers when it seems like this move doesn't mean shit to their bottom line. If you read between the lines of the press release they're lowering their prices, but also reducing their spending in retail programs. So on average most labels spend $2-$3 per CD for in-store positioning. If they're not spending that anymore, they're basically forcing the stores to eat the amount of the discount and they're in effect taking credit for reducing prices. So thank your local retailer for the price drops, not Universal. And if the policy of co-ops gets re-addressed across the board, then maybe a lowering of prices across the industry can happen. But please don't look at it as a situation of "how come Universal can lower their prices and no-one else can". And the good news is...we just re-issued 11 Ninja records in the US/Canada at $12.98 & 13.98 prices (13.98 for the 2CD sets). These are titles that weren't available in the US for awhile (some have never been available) due to a previous licensing deal. We're actually absorbing the discount ourselves... Jeff

quoted 29 lines From: Brandon Smith <gozravp@yahoo.com>

> From: Brandon Smith <gozravp@yahoo.com> > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:00:16 -0700 (PDT) > To: EggyToast <eggy@eggtastic.com>, idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: [idm] Re: File swappers sued!!!!! > > > Forgive the uselessness of this post, but was Best Buy > really around in the early 90's? The first time I > heard of them was in 97-98. > >> Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best >> Buy ran those ads, stating: >> >> All CDs under $12! Hundreds more under $10! >> >> and that weird psychedelic spinal tap thing. >> >> derek > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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--- Guybrush Threepwood <jo009j@mail.rochester.edu> < Man, I dig Ninja Tune so much. You guys usually do exactly what I would want done, and because of that I own most of your catalogue! BIG UPS 2 DA NINJATUNE MASSIVE! > I think all the people at Ninja Tune are music lovers and collectors so they understand our needs. I think it's obvious the major labels don't care about the customer or the quality of their product. Regarding the major labels their talent isn't from their artists it's in their marketing. It's all part of the dumbing down of America. Major props to the Ninjas! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Yeah, they were around. not nearly as big as they are now, granted, but they started out in the mid/late 80's. Like many consumer electronic stores, they didn't really explode until the computer thing hit in the mid-late 90's. But that may also have been that I was living in Minnesota in '94, where they started out and had been for years. They just opened up a huge new HQ there -- I hear it's gigantic and gaudy as hell, from an architectural standpoint derek

quoted 23 lines Forgive the uselessness of this post, but was Best Buy

> > Forgive the uselessness of this post, but was Best Buy > really around in the early 90's? The first time I > heard of them was in 97-98. > >> Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best >> Buy ran those ads, stating: >> >> All CDs under $12! Hundreds more under $10! >> >> and that weird psychedelic spinal tap thing. >> >> derek > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To > unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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Way to keep it real, Ninjatune. I still haven't forgotten the amazing 3CD Xen Cuts comp I got for $16 several years back. Now THAT is respecting your listeners. Everyone should keep their browsers pointed to www.eff.org for the real dirt on all this RIAA lawsuit hysteria. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2003 11:22 am Subject: [idm] Universal Spin-Doctors

quoted 71 lines It's funny that Universal gets to come off as the great price

> It's funny that Universal gets to come off as the great price > reducers when > it seems like this move doesn't mean shit to their bottom line. If > you read > between the lines of the press release they're lowering their > prices, but > also reducing their spending in retail programs. So on average > most labels > spend $2-$3 per CD for in-store positioning. If they're not > spending that > anymore, they're basically forcing the stores to eat the amount of the > discount and they're in effect taking credit for reducing prices. > So thank > your local retailer for the price drops, not Universal. And if the > policy of > co-ops gets re-addressed across the board, then maybe a lowering > of prices > across the industry can happen. But please don't look at it as a > situationof "how come Universal can lower their prices and no-one > else can". > > And the good news is...we just re-issued 11 Ninja records in the > US/Canadaat $12.98 & 13.98 prices (13.98 for the 2CD sets). These > are titles that > weren't available in the US for awhile (some have never been > available) due > to a previous licensing deal. We're actually absorbing the discount > ourselves... > > Jeff > > > > > From: Brandon Smith <gozravp@yahoo.com> > > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:00:16 -0700 (PDT) > > To: EggyToast <eggy@eggtastic.com>, idm@hyperreal.org > > Subject: Re: [idm] Re: File swappers sued!!!!! > > > > > > Forgive the uselessness of this post, but was Best Buy > > really around in the early 90's? The first time I > > heard of them was in 97-98. > > > >> Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best > >> Buy ran those ads, stating: > >> > >> All CDs under $12! Hundreds more under $10! > >> > >> and that weird psychedelic spinal tap thing. > >> > >> derek > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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