Come September, guess what you won’t be able to pick up at Starbucks? Arabica roast? Nope. Oddly-shaped commuter mugs? Uh uh. CDs by artists your parents like? Skidoosh! You’re right!

Yep, in September Starbucks is getting out of the music distribution business, at least in the signifigant way it had been. Those big racks of music? Gone like a cup of robusto. Bad news for Sting and Norah Jones; good news for Starbucks shareholders.

To quote the article

…the coffee chain will offer just four CD “slots” per store. But it will also continue to offer free Wi-fi access to Apple’s online music store and may continue to try to sell entertainment online.

This means Starbucks has failed in film production (AKEELA AND THE BEE, anyone? No?) and is pulling out of the music business. Can their involvement in Starbucks marital aids, prothstetics and branded political candidates be far behind? Soon they may be reduced to selling coffee!

-daniel k.

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