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Retail Reinvented, Again

John Backus | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Tower Records, Small Business, Startup, Big Box Stores, Retail Entrepreneurship, Cds, Virgin Megastore, Retail, Entrepreneurs, Best Buy, Entrepreneur, Dvds, Amazon, Retail 2.0., Small Business America, Small Business News
John Backus

We are in the middle of another battle between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Best Buy is dying. But it is not alone. Welcome to the new world of retailing, the death of retail 2.0. So who will pick up the pieces?

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AT&T: Re-thinking the Re-thinking

Tom Alderman | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: AT&T, Tower Records, T-Mobile, Dept. Of Justice, Dropped Calls. DOS, Tijuana, Telecom, Pay-or-Play, Business News
Tom Alderman

For the longest time AT&T Wireless spent a lot of ad dollars telling us they had 'more bars in more places' -- which turned out to be quite true for Tijuana -- not so much for our phones. The ads were more apsirational than fact-based.

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Jordan Zakarin

Colin Hanks Wants YOU For His Next Movie

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Colin Hanks Tower Records Documentary, Colin Hanks Kickstarter, Colin Hanks, Tower Records, Kickstarter, Colin Hanks All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, Colin Hanks Tower Records Documentary Kickstarter, Entertainment News

If the goal of a documentary is to hold a mirror up to a certain moment in time and reflect on its greater significance, Colin Hanks' long-gestating f...

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The Original Indie Record Store

Crane.tv | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Virgin, Internet, New York, Records, Other Music, Bands, Hmv, Josh Madell, crane.tv, Indie, Music, Musician, Tower Records, Arts News
Crane.tv

Crane.tv meets owner of New York indie music store, Other Music's Josh Madell, who gives an insight into what it takes for an independent music store ...

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The Faithful Shopper: Retail Lost and Found

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Target, Macy's, Federated Department Stores, Bloomingdale's, Jcpenney, East Harlem, Manhattan Mall, Nordstrom, New York City, Hmv, Best Buy, Apple, Compusa, Tower Records, Circuit City, Fortunoff, Seaman's Furniture, Raymour & Flanagan, Service Merchandise, Levitz, Steve & Barry's, Tj Maxx, Marshalls, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Rem Koolhaus, Forever21, Forever 21, Prada, Soho, H & M, Dior, Topshop, AllSaints Spitalfields, Fifth Avenue, Times Square, Hershey, Nintendo World, Pop-Tarts, Swarovski, Playstation, The Time Warner Center, Nolita, Brooklyn, Limelight Marketplace, Happy New Year, Madison Avenue, The Shops at Columbus Circle, 2011, New Year Highline, Meatpacking, New York News
Faith Hope Consolo

The end of this year also marks the end of the decade, and so it seems appropriate to look back at how New York City retail has changed over these very dramatic 10 years.

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HuffPost Video Exclusive: Erasure's "A Little Respect," Plus a Holiday Conversation With Mr. Pink Martini

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bristol Palin, Pee Wee Herman, The Office, Buster Keaton, The Kennedy Center, Sarah Palin, Lgbtq, Dancing With the Stars, Bing Crosby, The Hollywood Bowl, The Partridge Family, Charo, Pink Martini, A Charlie Brown Christmas, China Forbes, The Sopranos, The Mary Tyler Moore Showm Zsa Zsa Gabor, The LA Philharmonic, Npr, Vince Guaraldi, Barbra Streisand, Mikhail Leontovich, The Del Rubio Triplets, The Carpenters, Cannes Film Festival, Virgin Records, Precious, The Oregon Symphony, The West Wing, Erasure, Thomas Lauderdale, Cher, Tower Records, Turner Classic, Paul Reubens, Starbucks, Ari Shapiro, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Erasure wanted to do something a little extra to spread light on this inspiring message of tolerance and to help raise money for an organization that is on the front line for gay and human rights.

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The Generation That Killed Rock 'n Roll

Nathan Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Portnow, Ipod, Myspace, Universal, Music Business, Beyoncé, Grammy, Music and the Internet, Illegal Downloads, Bono, Grammys, Virgin Megastore, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Downloading, The Beatles, Warner, Sony, Tower Records, Andy Karp, Album Sales, Emi, Mitch Bainwol, Illegal-Downloading, Grammy Awards, Bruce Springsteen, Media News
Nathan Harden

People should pay for music to support all the unknown artists out there who are trying to make it. What if internet piracy had existed in the 1960s? No Dylan? No Beatles? Would Bono be working as a longshoreman?

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Never Can Say Goodbye: Artists Take Over Abandoned Tower Records Store

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Kerri MacDonald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephanie Syjuco, Art, Activism, Tower Records, Ryan Brennan, No Longer Empty, New York Local, Never Can Say Goodbye, Kaz Oshiro, Paul Villinski, Eyes and Ears, Eyes and Ears Local, East Village, New York News

Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit When a would-be customer walked through the revolving doors at Never Records this weeken...

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Viacom Versus Google: Coming of Age of the "Viderate" Generation

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youtube, Michael Arrington, Media News, Viacom, Tower Records, Techcrunch, Google, Media News
Jerry Weinstein

While judge Stanton declined Viacom's request for YouTube's proprietary code, he ordered Google to provide Viacom with userIDs and IP addresses (for unregistered users) as well as three terabytes of video.

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