Virgin Whining
from the the-internet-made-us-close-our-doors dept
Virgin Megastores is worried that the rush of media empire mergers threatens their retail music business. They want assurances from the record companies that the retail channel is still a key part of their business. I'm pretty surprised about this whining on their part. I would think that Richard Branson and company could think of a better way to come to terms with the Internet. I have three words for Virgin: Adapt or die.
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