Columbia House was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records' mail-order music clubs, the primary iteration of which was the Columbia Record Club, established in 1955.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,837 |
10 Facts About Columbia House
2.
The Columbia House brand was introduced in the early 1970s by Columbia Records, and had a significant market presence in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,838 |
3.
For example, Columbia House recordings were not available from the RCA Victor Record Club, and RCA recordings were unavailable through the Columbia House Record Club.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,839 |
4.
Bertelsmann Music Group had recently acquired RCA Records and changed the name of Columbia House's only surviving rival, RCA Music Service, to BMG Music Service.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,840 |
5.
In mid-1999, a merger was announced between Columbia House and struggling online retailer CDNow, an independent, publicly owned company that had funding and other partnerships with Columbia House and its owners Sony and Time-Warner.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,841 |
6.
In 2001, a security breach in the Columbia House website exposed thousands of customer names, addresses and portions of credit card numbers, leaving private information about customers vulnerable to exploitation.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,842 |
8.
The Columbia House name is still owned by Sony Music Entertainment, and is used under license.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,844 |
9.
Columbia House offered a point system, where movies bought resulted in "points" or "Fun Cash" .
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,845 |
10.
Columbia House has made forays into other media besides music and movies.
| FactSnippet No. 1,492,846 |