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Article: Cassette tapes linger long after their reported demise\
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- August 5, 2007
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION
The first obituaries for cassette tapes appeared more than 20 years ago when CDs hit the market.
Sales of music tapes plummeted from 442 million in 1990 to about 700,000 last year, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Anyone trying to impress a girl with the perfect combination of songs can probably burn a CD or assemble an mp3 playlist in a matter of minutes. They needn't spend hours dubbing the perfect tape as the main character did in the novel and movie "High Fidelity."
But cassette tapes still thrive in specialty markets because of the format's enduring advantages.
Officials at the last cassette ...