The one-time-CBS-run direct-mail seller, first of recorded music and later 
video, tried to keep up with progress in those merchandising areas, 
transitioning to online operations in the 1990s before part-selling itself 
to Time Warner... it would change hands multiple times in the 2000s, ending 
up with Filmed Entertainment Inc. which announced it's going Chapter 11 
this week.

RAINNews 
<http://rainnews.com/mail-order-music-company-columbia-house-shutters/?utm_source=RAIN+daily+e-mail+subscribers&utm_campaign=5e4f2b3008-05_28_14_daily_email_5_28_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c422257c3-5e4f2b3008-45504905>
 
(link)

At least one of my brothers fell for those 11-albums/tapes-for-a-penny 
deals back in the day...

B

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