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An Interview with Don Van Cleave of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores

Don VanCleave
Don Van Cleave is president of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores, a group of sixty prominent independent record stores located across the United States that have banded together to strengthen their market share at retail. Van Cleave also runs Junketboy, a company that specializes in securing exclusive distribution deals for independent artists.
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Don Van Cleave, longtime music retailer and founder of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores, visits Loyola University, New Orleans to discuss his entry into the music business, his founding of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), and the state of distribution and retail in today’s music industry. He discusses how CIMS manages its relationship with record labels, how distributors and retailers go about getting exclusive content to sell, whether USB releases are a viable format for selling music in the long run, and what the future looks like for music distributors and retailers.



Shoot Date: November 2007
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