Starbucks' Exclusive Marketing Of Albums
WFAA.com, TX
August 20, 2005
...Since July, there's been just once place to find a set of new songs from John Mayer, Maroon 5 and the Roots. Each of these artists pays tribute to Sly and the Family Stone on a new compilation that is available only at Starbucks.
For the next six weeks, the chain's 47,000 stores in the United States and Canada have exclusive rights to sell Different Strokes By Different Folks – a tribute album that also features new recordings from Moby, Buddy Guy and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. As part of Starbuck's agreement with the album's producers, Sony Legacy, traditional retail outlets won't get the album to sell in their stores until Oct. 11. (That version will include two songs not available on the Starbucks version, a fact not mentioned on the album now being sold.)....
August 20, 2005
...Since July, there's been just once place to find a set of new songs from John Mayer, Maroon 5 and the Roots. Each of these artists pays tribute to Sly and the Family Stone on a new compilation that is available only at Starbucks.
For the next six weeks, the chain's 47,000 stores in the United States and Canada have exclusive rights to sell Different Strokes By Different Folks – a tribute album that also features new recordings from Moby, Buddy Guy and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. As part of Starbuck's agreement with the album's producers, Sony Legacy, traditional retail outlets won't get the album to sell in their stores until Oct. 11. (That version will include two songs not available on the Starbucks version, a fact not mentioned on the album now being sold.)....
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