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Transcript: Strapped For Cash, Music Fans Let Go Of CDs
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- May 11, 2009
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MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
05-11-2009
Strapped For Cash, Music Fans Let Go Of CDs
Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time 20:00-21:00 PM
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MICHELE NORRIS, host:
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Michele Norris.
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
And I'm Robert Siegel. Now, to the business of music, used music. Thanks to the recession and the popularity of Internet downloads, music retailers are suffering, but this next story is about an upside to the downturn.
California's Amoeba Records is the world's largest used music retailer, and the company is finding trade in used music can be a buffer in bad times, both for the store and for its customers who are selling old albums.
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