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 ...

The post Major Labels Make $1 Million an Hour Off Streaming: Report appeared first on Consequence of Sound. The MBW analysis looked at official fiscal numbers (found via public records for Vivendi, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...