Major CD Distributor Calls It Quits: Major music distributor Handleman Corp. has announced that it is exiting the music business. “The Wal-Mart chain has been Handleman’s biggest CD customer. Handleman president/CEO Albert A. Koch said, “CD music sales have been declining at double-digit rates for several years, both industry wide and at our customers’ stores, resulting in a sharp drop-off in our business.”Unfortunately, even the significant steps we’ve taken over the past two years to reduce our costs have not enabled the company to return to profitability.”

Recommended Listening: Electric Choir by The Hoodies. The band just finished new recordings with producer Mark Trombino (Jimmy Eat World).

Dispute Between Prince and Radiohead? Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella. Ok? So big deal. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke said he heard about Prince’s performance from a text message and thought it was “hilarious.” Fans went to YouTube to view the live performance of ‘Creep’ performed by the little prince only to find the video was pulled due to a copyright violation. According to news outlets, Prince blocked the video. Whatever…

War on Piracy: “Last week TorrentFreak reported that Cleveland Police had arrested a user of OiNK, who was questioned and later released on police bail”. Oink which was an illegal site, was shut down last October, and was the biggest source for pre-releases.