At Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:31:28 Ken Kase >EMI Music CEO says the CD is 'dead' >Last Update: 8:38 AM ET Oct 27, 2006 > >LONDON (MarketWatch) -- EMI Music Chairman and Chief Executive Alain Levy >Friday told an audience at the London Business School that the CD is dead, >saying music companies will no longer be able to sell CDs without offering >"value-added" material. > >"The CD as it is right now is dead," Levy said, adding that 60% of >consumers >put CDs into home computers in order to transfer material to digital music >players. Isn't this like Chicken Little *finally* realizing the sky is falling after the other chickens have already figured it out? Wake up and smell the apocolypse, EMI. Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records http://www.bullseyecanada.com "Not Suing Our Customers' Since 1985!!" NOW GET THE T-SHIRT: http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz _________________________________________________________________ Experience Live Search from your PC or mobile device today. http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-ca