News Sections
Alanis' Starbucks deal upsets music retailers
Font-size:
Share
Print
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Fri. Jun. 10 2005 11:34 PM ET
Come Monday, Alanis Morissette fans won't be able to find her music on the shelves of Canada's largest music retailer.
That's the day the Ottawa-born rocker's latest album is being released, but HMV won't be selling it, or anything else from her back catalogue.
The move, HMV says, is a protest against a deal struck between coffee giant Starbucks and Morissette's label, Maverick Records. Under the terms of their agreement, Morissette's latest effort -- an acoustic re-release of her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill -- will be sold exclusively at Starbucks.
The deal lasts for six weeks, after which music lovers would be able to find the CD at traditional music retailers.
According to HMV president Humphrey Kadaner, however, that's not good enough.
"As of June 13, HMV will be removing all Alanis products from our stores, consistent with the views of the majority of our customers, and will be returning all Alanis product to the record company,'' he wrote in an e-mail Thursday.
This is not the first time traditional music sellers have gotten upset over en exclusive retail arrangement. Less than two years ago, HMV, Music World and Sunrise Records all pulled Rolling Stones albums from their shelves.
That move was a protest of the aging rockers' deal to sell their Four Flicks DVD through Best Buy and Future Shop.
Freshly-inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, Morissette is now celebrating the 10th anniversary of her breakout album with the new CD and an acoustic tour.
User Tools
Related Stories
User Tools
About the tools
Need to get in touch with CTV? You can email the CTV web team using the 'Feedback' button.
-


Font-size
Print Article-
Feedback
Share it with your network of friends
Share this CTV article or feature with your friends. Click on the icon for your favourite social networking or messaging system, and follow the prompts.
Most Viewed News Stories
Most Talked about Stories
I applaud the budget, even though Health Care and education may stay unscathed. Sadly this cannot last and I worry to later this year where cuts will become enviable. If anything, this provides the Wildrose Alliance plenty of ammo when an election is called.

