# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=m-umNBbDK1s
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-03T13:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

Vinyl has made a record-breaking comeback, outselling CDs and mp3 downloads, and is now the music industry’s highest-grossing physical format. We visited the world’s biggest vinyl factory, GZ Media, to find out how it became the largest manufacturer in the industry, as well as a smaller pressing plant in New Jersey to see how US factories are staying afloat despite cutthroat competition.

00:00 - Intro
01:01 - The Birth of Vinyl
02:11 - Vinyl’s Golden Age
02:56 - The Founding of GZ Media
03:37 - How Records Are Made
05:19 - Vinyl's Fall
07:37 - Amoeba Music
08:26 - How to Examine a Record
09:44 - How the Vinyl Comeback Was Planned
11:31 - Independent Record Pressing
12:57 - COVID-19 Vinyl Bubble Burst
12:33 - How GZ Dominated the Industry
16:20 - Independent Plants Press On
16:29 - Vinyl Records Revenue
16:39 - Credits
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Inside The World’s Biggest Vinyl Factory Making 70 Million Records a Year | Big Business | Business Insider

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## Tags

recordstores, amoeba, vinylrecords, bigbusiness, vinyl

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