MUSIC BUSINESS · ·The Guardian Music
Individuals Collect and Use Physical Media Formats
While HBO removed about 200 Sesame Street episodes in 2022, individuals such as Ash, Ruth, Antonio, Quinn, Tim, and Sophie collect or listen to physical media like CDs, vinyl records, cassettes, and DVDs.
Ash, a 52-year-old university lecturer living in Cornwall, states that he collected more than 5,000 vinyl records and CDs between 1990 and 2009. Ruth, a 67-year-old retired professor from Michigan, has 5,300 CDs. Sophie, a 32-year-old librarian working in Los Angeles, listens to digital music but predominantly listens to CDs.
Antonio, a 40-year-old software engineer living in Reading, started buying second-hand CDs from charity shops to leave music subscription services. Quinn, a 26-year-old food delivery worker living in Washington, started collecting cassettes last year.
In 2022, HBO removed approximately 200 episodes of the show Sesame Street from its platform. Tim, a 61-year-old academic living in Stockholm, has a video projector and DVD player from around 2010 at his summer house located at the southern tip of the Swedish archipelago.
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