Vinyl has long been the big story in physical media, but CDs are cheaper, quicker to manufacture, and poised for a comeback.

The compact disc promised major labels higher, and more predictable, profit margins, which is one reason why the digital reproduction system had the full backing of the industry.

An obsolete form of optical media known as the "Compact Disc" celebrates its 25th birthday tomorrow. In a press release issued Thursday, Philips said a staggering 200 billion of them were produced ...

Compact discs are creating a boom for the struggling music industry by offering music lovers stereo recordings free of snaps, crackles and pops. The technology, relatively unknown three years ago ...

The Compact Disc became popular in the late 1980s and evolved into a hallmark of 90s and early-aughts culture. Better than cassette… Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...

and compact discs themselves are very delicate objects, easily marred by scratches and smudges. A little over 30 years after it was released, the compact disc now exists.

CD longboxes created 18.5 million pounds of waste annually in the 1980s. Learn how artists and activists led the "Ban the Box" movement and changed music packaging forever.

Today is the 27th birthday of the Compact Disc, and I hate to say it, but I think this medium is getting a little old. Perhaps 27 years in CD time is actually like turning 87 in human time: it had ...

Exactly 25 years ago the world's first compact disc was produced at a Philips factory in Germany, sparking a global music revolution. More than 200 billion CDs have been sold worldwide since then and ...

A Compact Disc (CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. CD-ROMs and CD-Rs remain widely used technologies in the computer industry.CD-ROM drives employ a near-infrared 780 nm laser diode.

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...