Major labels are pushing for the end of exclusive deals with streaming services as they are quickly realizing such a practice hinders the potential profit…
One could do worse than write a history of the business from the pages of Billboard’s Power 100 rankings. This year the venerable music industry…
The logistics of correctly attributing the money earned from the sale and performance of recorded music has always been a daunting task. This is a…
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,…
2013 marked the first year that sound recording and musical composition copyrights could revert from labels and publishers, respectively, to artists and songwriters. The Copyright…
On September 19th, the Alibaba Group had its Initial Public Offering, the largest in history, on the New York Stock Exchange. Alibaba quickly became the…
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…
Pandora has been in and out of the courtroom since it went public in 2011. It has had mixed results in the courtroom against SESAC,…
When it comes to recorded music, today’s consumers enjoy a free ride and seem to have all the answers. Song sharing is there for the…
True to its tagline, it looks like Samsung is intent on being “The Next Big Thing.” What better way for Samsung to establish itself as…
When Apple held its annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco on June 10, it launched a new operating system and a new Mac Pro.…
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…
The largest providers of capital in the music business, the major record labels, have been devastated over the last decade by the disruption of their…
What do Tom Petty, Bryan Adams, Tom Waits, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan all have in common? They released iconic albums that generated millions of…