If the recording industry has its way, the day of the music download may soon be dead. Or at least on life support. Record companies continue to use their financial muscle to slow the growth of ...

SongCast’s Mike Wright explores how the culture of music consumption has shifted from one of 'ownership' of content, to one of on-demand enjoyment, and how this change is impacting the entire industry ...

Vector Management’s Nick Stern seeks to clear up label misinformation about online payments. By Nick Stern Nick Stern - P 2014 Nick Stern is a former Atlantic Records publicist, currently a manager at ...

Warner Music Group is going public again. When Warner Music went private in 2011, the music industry had been in a downward spiral for years. CD sales were tanking. Piracy was rampant. “It was an ...

Music is the soundtrack of our lives. And with the explosion of music-streaming services over the last decade, we've got a big playlist to choose from. Streaming services have taken over the music ...

Here’s something you might not believe: According to Bandcamp’s annual statistics, cassette sales increased almost as much as vinyl sales did in 2017 (41% and 54%, respectively). Especially ...

What happens to streaming music services when they have no music left to stream? That seemingly zen question may be answered if more record labels follow the lead of the more than 200 labels that have ...

A European Commission inquiry found no evidence that Apple colluded with major record labels to impede free-to-stream services as part of the company's Apple Music business strategy, a report said ...

Spotify's free music streaming tier was meant to be the first step in saving the music industry. Since 2009, the streaming service has offered a free tier that uses an ad-supported model to bring in ...

On August 6, Arcade Fire celebrated their third straight No. 1 album, Everything Now. But the band’s Columbia Records debut had glaringly low streaming numbers, and by the following week, it had ...

Coming off a year of heavy net losses, Spotify, the world's largest music streaming service, is attempting to negotiate better terms with record labels as it prepares for a potential initial public ...