Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

Over the last fifteen years, since the advent of the worldwide web, there has been a revolution in the world of finance. More money is being raised online today than ever before from crowds...

With both dismal CD sales and the advent of 360 deals, many observers and artists consider money generated from the sale of recordings as ancillary revenue. This seems to be right. After...

In February of 2013, Billboard and Nielsen made another modification to the “Billboard Hot 100” chart, the official singles chart in the United States. The chart now includes data...

Music and Equity Crowdfunding

by Peter Alhadeff 1

The Poverty of Artist Royalties

by Stephen Marcone 2

Modernizing the Hot 100

by Eduardo Loret de Mola 3

by Jessica Prouty

The Importance of Being in Products

The music products market is the unsung hero of the music industry. It is made up of manufacturers of instruments and instrument accessories, audio pro gear, recording software, trade magazines, and educational materials for musicians and K-12 music learners. As recorded music drops in...

by John Ioannidis

Roger Faxon, Captain of Industry

Roger Faxon has had a distinguished career in the entertainment industry. He was executive vice president/COO at LucasFilm, a founding partner of the film and television production unit Mount Company, and a senior executive vice president at Columbia Pictures. He joined EMI in 1994 after serving...

by Emilie Bogrand