DVD Singles

That wacky music industry will try anything to squeeze more money from you. Enter: the DVD single.

DVD singles ? digital videodiscs that typically include two music videos along with extra features ? represent a market that is just beginning to be charted by the music business. Some record labels ? in an industry suffering a two-year sales slump ? hope that the new format can become the modern-day successor to the vinyl 45 single. Retailers, however, are unsure whether to place them in video or audio departments, in part because there is no standard packaging. (full story)

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