Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

In February of 2014, Warner Music Group and Shazam announced that they would enter into a “strategic collaboration” in which Warner would have access to Shazam’s user data and Shazam...

Certain sound recordings from decades ago are still considered commercially viable today. In fact, songs by Frank Sinatra, Etta James, and the Beatles are still heard on the radio....

Amazon, one of the most storied online companies ever, may soon add music streaming to the list of services and industries it is a player in. Since January of this year, reports have been...

A Hybrid Record Label

by Zach Rickers 1

Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

by Matthew Limones 2

A Trojan Horse

by Amanda Ruggieri 3

by William Kiendl

The Economics of EDM

The EDM industry has exploded into a lucrative business platform. Attendance at the top twenty global festivals jumped from 1.9 million in 2009 to over 3.4 million in 2013. As well, digital sales of recorded music, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, IFPI, grew...

by India Thomson

Rebel Music

Vladimir Putin, leader of one of the most powerful governments in the world, has found himself scared of a 24-year-old girl. Her name is Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Tolokonnikova, a Russian prisoner, was facing threats from prison officials, she was prohibited from contacting her family, and ever...

by Stephanie Theofilos