Cassette Holder

A cassette holder for inserting therein a tape cassette formed so that a front lid for opening and closing the front of a part of a tape-like recording medium located so as to traverse the front of a cassette shell accommodating therein tape reels having wound therearound the tape-like recording medium, the front lid rotatable upward and movable rearward when the lid is opened to open the front of the tape-like recording medium, the cassette holder for mounting the tape cassette in a predetermined mounting position in a recording/playback apparatus, the cassette holder comprising a lid-pressing member for pressing forward an end of the front lid when the tape cassette is to be removed from the cassette holder, wherein the lidpressing member is integrally formed with the cassette holder, the lid-pressing member presses the central part of the front lid, the cassette holder is provided with an unlocking cam, and the lid-pressing member is arranged at an upper portion of the cassette holder opposing the unlocking cam across the tape cassette.