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- Columbia House Music Club Is Now BMG
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Aug 12, 2015 · During the 1980s and 1990s Columbia House and its primary competitor, BMG—the two companies actually merged in 2005, and BMG shuttered its music club in 2009—ran hustles so effective they...
Jun 21, 2021 · Throughout the 1990s, corporate CD clubs like Columbia House and the BMG Music Service dumped millions upon millions of compact discs on a consumer public ready to replace their vinyl...
Columbia House was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records' mail-order music clubs, the primary iteration of which was the Columbia Record Club, established in 1955. The Columbia House brand was introduced in the early 1970s by Columbia Records (a division of CBS, Inc.), and had a significant market presence in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
Yup, this is how I started my CD collection. I did CDHQ (more obscure one), BMG and Columbia House all at once. I think you had to buy a CD at full price within a certain time period to fulfill the agreement and then I canceled all 3.
Jun 21, 2021 · BMG CD club was ultimately put to sleep in 2009 by its parent Columbia House group, who then succumbed to bankruptcy in 2015.
- Jonathan Rowe
Feb 25, 2008 · When Sony and BMG merged, the need for two clubs became redundant, so Columbia House was dropped as a music club about five years ago. It continues as a DVD club. BMG still exists, though it is hurting.
Jan 2, 2019 · Columbia House and BMG Music used to sell 12 CDs for a dollar or even a penny, and somehow brought in $1.5 billion in revenue at their peak.
