- CNN.com, Wednesday, August 19, 2026 10:06 PM
The media world has received the sad news that Columbia House, the mail order music subscription business and major advertiser, is shutting down, CNN reports. Founded in the 1950s, the brand
peaked in the 1980s and 1990s as it provided monthly selections of records, tapes and CDs. Its annual revenues hit $1.4 billion in 1996, but delivery systems changed and the company did not succeed
when it tried to pivot to streaming. Read the whole story at CNN.com »