Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

Recent negotiations between Clear Channel Communications and Warner Music Group have sent shockwaves throughout the recording industry. For the first time on a major scale, the broadcast...

The business of electronic dance music is undoubtedly booming. Worth globally $4.5 billion1, large-scale electronic dance music festivals often exemplify the industry’s increasing...

In a recent court case between ASCAP, the oldest PRO in the United States, and Pandora, the first and most storied music Internet radio station, a judge in the United States District Court...

The Peddling of Recording Rights

by Kyle Billings 1

Money, Music, and Molly

by India Thomson 2

Artists and Publishers in a Bind

by Christian Florez 3

by Stephen Marcone

The Poverty of Artist Royalties

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 all, the number one album of the year no longer sells close to ten million units as it did at the turn of the...

by Eduardo Loret de Mola

Modernizing the Hot 100

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 from YouTube video streaming – an unprecedented event that reflects the growing importance of YouTube on...

by Miguel de Braganca