News out of the UK that USB Flash drives will soon appear in record stores in a bid by major music labels to build up sales of physical media in the post-CD era. Universal told The Times this week that by the end of this month it will release USB singles holding several songs, videos and multimedia content. However, it’ll charge around £5 (€7/$10) per stick – around £2 more than CD singles currently cost. A spokesman for the record company said it’s targeting the USB sticks at 12- to 24-year-olds who “no longer believe that the CD is as cool as it used to be”. The Official Charts Company, compiler of the UK Top 40 singles chart, has already agreed to include singles bought on USB in its weekly countdown. So you could soon see HMV’s and Virgin’s shelves (the two biggest music retailers in the UK) stocked with USB drives alongside dwindling CD single and album supplies.
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Well Steve... Stick that in your iPod!
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