Apple revolutionized the music industry with the launch of the iPod and iTunes in 2003, when it became the first company to monetize music successfully…
In the last four months three new streaming platforms were launched: Apple Music, Tidal, and Google Play Music. Others, among them YouTube, Deezer, and Rdio,…
MIDEM, the music industry conference held in France that is owned by communications company Reed MIDEM, targets the creativity and synergy of musicians, music entrepreneurs,…
Before celebrity hip-hop mogul and businessman Jay Z came along, WiMP and Tidal hardly made an impact on music streaming. The two services are now…
The Internet has been a catalyst for the democratization of creativity in art. The low-cost, high-reach communication tools it affords its users have allowed creators…
With recorded music sales in free fall and touring being a very expensive gamble to try to end up in the black, it has never…
It’s been rumored for quite some time that Google is working on an on-demand music streaming service to be run through their video streaming service…
Americans spend $21 per capita on music products, about as much as they spend today on recorded music. The figure exceeds concert grosses per head…
On February 5, 2015, the US Copyright Office released a comprehensive set of recommendations on how to revise copyright law called “Copyright and the Music…
“All the world’s a stage,” wrote Shakespeare in As You Like It, and he said as much in other plays. The public performance of creative…
After the music industry was shocked in the early 2000s by the growth of piracy and file sharing, many investors were skeptical about the future…
They say that money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy likes, views, shares, or followers. From the beginning of social media, users have sought…
In early June, the United States Department of Justice announced that it would be launching a review of the consent decrees governing the nation’s two…
Apple unveiled new products as usual, and this year it put out the iWatch and a new iPhone. But its partnership with Irish rockers U2 …