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Issue 71
What Are They Buying Back?
At this point in 2018, many will argue that stock…
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Issue 86
Thiel: the Final Chapter
At Copper, we’ve followed the slow-motion demise of Thiel Audio…
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Issue 85
Sound United Grows Again
Sound United announced the acquisition of Onkyo’s home audio division,…
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Issue 78
Andrea Brinkmann, RIP
Brinkmann Audio is a highly-regarded German manufacturer of turntables and…
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Issue 76
Sears: the Last Gasp?
We’ve written about the decline and fall of Sears a…
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Issue 75
Gibson: Missed It By That Much
Believe it or not, it’s not over yet. Reports of…
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Issue 74
Gibson to Close Memphis Factory
Regular readers of Copper, and especially of Industry News, have no doubt…
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Issue 73
Monster and Sonos: Back in the News
Some companies seem to have a hard time staying out…
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Issue 72
A Tale of Two Bankruptcies
Not all bankruptcies are alike. The two forms generally seen…
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Issue 106
CanJam NYC 2020 Show Report, Part One
Ever since the Sony Walkman became a private music listening…
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Issue 69
Sears, Yet Again
It seems like only yesterday when Industry News wrote about…
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Issue 68
Krell Returns
The title of the article is mildly misleading: strictly speaking,…
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Issue 67
The Gibson Saga Continues
We’ve written about the continuing saga of Gibson Brands numerous…
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Issue 66
Bang & Olufsen: Back From the Edge?
The last time Industry News looked at 93-year-old Danish manufacturer…
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Issue 65
A Monster Story, and Sonos Goes IPO
Noel Lee was an engineer at the Lawrence-Livermore Laboratory and…
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Issue 64
Miraculously, Best Buy Lives
Industry News has written many times about brick and mortar…
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Issue 63
Sonos: Another Killer IPO?
For the last few years, investors have been somewhat cautious…
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Issue 62
Toys ‘R’ Us Is Dead
Back in Copper #56, Industry News featured a Jeremiad of…
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Issue 124
AES Show Fall 2020, Part Two
I’d like to commend the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for…
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Issue 143
The Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show 2021
August 6 – 8 was the weekend of the 2021…
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Issue 141
AES Show Spring 2021, Part Three: Recreating Audio Reality
As a result of COVID-19, AES (Audio Engineering Society) Show…
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Issue 140
The Home Entertainment (T.H.E.) Show: People and Photos
After trade show after trade show were understandably cancelled due…
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Issue 140
AES Show Spring 2021, Part Two: Psychology and the Human Perception of Audio
As a result of COVID-19, AES Show Spring 2021, named…
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Issue 139
AES Show Spring 2021, Part One
Similarly to their AES Fall 2020 New York show, the…
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Issue 136
The Virtual Audio Dealer
Wendell Diller is the marketing manager for Magnepan. Located in…
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Issue 125
AES’ Audio Wonders of the World: Blackbird Studio
The AES (Audio Engineering Society) Show Fall 2020 was of…
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Issue 125
AES Fall Show 2020, Part Three
This fall, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) held its annual…
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Issue 61
AT&T Cleared to Take Over Time Warner; Mixed News for Sears
While things are momentarily quiet in the audio biz itself,…
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Issue 123
AES Show Fall 2020 Highlights, Part One
The major city lockdowns across the nation because of COVID-19…
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Issue 112
Axiom Audio Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Canadian loudspeaker and electronics manufacturer Axiom Audio is celebrating their…
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Issue 111
In Memoriam: Victor Goldstein
The audio world lost one of its most pre-eminent, wonderful,…
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Issue 110
Tales of an Audio Forum Administrator, Part One
Internet forums are a way of life for many of…
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Issue 109
Audio Companies Respond to COVID-19
In a recent video Steve Guttenberg aka The Audiophiliac pointed…
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Issue 107
CanJam NYC 2020 Show Report, Part Two
Part One of this report appeared in Issue 106. CanJam…
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Issue 106
The Changing Audio Consumer and the Future of Audio
While many of us focus on high-performance two-channel audio systems,…
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Issue 33
More Upheaval at Sears and Texting Music
Sears Holdings Corporation Chairman and CEO: “We Are Fighting Like…
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Issue 41
Conrad-Johnson Sold
Bill Conrad and Lew Johnson were government economists who happened…
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Issue 40
Changes Everywhere in Audio
There are major changes afoot in the audio industry, and…
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Issue 39
Neil Young—Yet Again!
Neil Young may be dedicated to communicating with his fan…
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Issue 38
Changes at B&W/Classe
[This is another occasion upon which press-releases cannot be relied,…
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Issue 37
McIntosh Group Adds Co-CEO
[As discussed in Industry News in issues #25 and #26Â .…
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Issue 36
Spotify: Bigger User Base, Bigger Losses
[Spotify has not issued a press-release on several recent developments…
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Issue 35
B & O Sells Czech Factory to Tymphany
Bang & Olufsen completes divestiture of its Czech subsidiary and…
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Issue 34
No Love For the Shack
and Sears Continues in Freefall
Last Chance For Store Closing Deals At Your Neighborhood RadioShack!…
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Issue 42
Massive Layoffs at Harman Pro
Back in Copper #27, we reported legal woes at Samsung…
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Issue 32
Neil Young—Again?
[In last issue’s Industry News, I mentioned that following the…
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Issue 31
hhgregg Shuts Down and Neil Young Returns
hhgregg to Liquidate Assets [Never a big player in audio…
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Issue 30
Schiit Goes B & M;
RIAA Releases Music Sales Statistics
Schiit Reimagines the Company Store (Seriously) [Schiit is a love-it-or-hate-it…
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Issue 29
Radio Shack Declares Bankruptcy (Again);
Sonos Wins Suit Against Denon/D+M
General Wireless Operations Inc. Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceeding [As…
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Issue 28
Sound United Acquires D+M; Control 4 Acquires Triad
Sound United Announces Acquisition of D+M Group [Who are the…
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Issue 27
MQA Signs Deal with Universal Music Group; More Woes for Samsung
MQA and Universal Music Group to Collaborate on Advancing Hi-Res…
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Issue 26
More Changes at McIntosh Group; CEDIA Show Bought—and Sold?
[As reported in last issue’s Industry News, Mauro Grange, CEO…
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Issue 51
One Down, One to Go
Starting in  Copper #40, there have been several occasions when we’ve…
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Issue 60
Sonos: Bad News and Less-Bad News
Since its founding in 2002, Sonos has stood apart in…
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Issue 59
New Editor at Inner Fidelity/AudioStream; Pro-Ject Buys Musical Fidelity
Industry News recently reported the sale of Stereophile and its…
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Issue 58
SME Buys Garrard; Shure Kills Cartridges; Gibson Files Chapter 11
SME Limited Acquires the Garrard Audio Brand 1st May 2018 –…
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Issue 55
Stereophile, What Hi-Fi? Sold
Consolidation in the publishing world is nothing new, but it…
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Issue 56
Debt Is Death (Sometimes)
Our focus this time in Industry News will be on…
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Issue 54
Spotify Files for IPO; Tower Records Founder Dies
Back in Copper #36, we looked at the financial state…
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Issue 53
Sony CEO Steps Down; More Challenges for Gibson
Sony Corporation laid out major management shifts in a recent…
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Issue 52
Some Good News, Some Bad News
In Copper #51 we wrote about the demise of Thiel…
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CEO Leaves McIntosh Group; Sprint Buys Shares in Tidal
Every issue, we will present major news of the audio…
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Issue 50
Qobuz Comes to the US; Circuit City Returns?
If CES is good for nothing else, it’s good for…
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Issue 48
The Stories that Just Wouldn’t Go Away in 2017
The end of the year is often a time to…
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Issue 47
Circuit City Bankruptcy Enters Tenth Year
Circuit City began by taking over the last few stores of…
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Issue 46
Gibson and hh gregg—Yet Again!
We previously wrote about the financial problems of Gibson Brands…
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Issue 45
More Bad News for Sears and Gibson
We’ve previously written about the sad, seemingly-inevitable decline of Sears.…
Industry News
Issue 44
AKG Closes in Vienna; Cavalli Audio Closes
As reported in Copper #42, Harman laid off 650 employees…
Industry News
Issue 43
Classe’ Closes; Focal CEO Passes Away
As mentioned back in Copper #40, changes were afoot at…
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