The resilient format raked in $1.2 billion in 2022, outselling CDs by nearly 8 million units.
The living legend also called technology "sorcery" that "might be the final nail driven into the coffin of…
We now have a clearer picture of how Apple Music compares to Spotify in terms of royalties.
Late last night, on March 7th, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose tweeted something with zero context. (Who among us?)…
Last week the Helsinki District Court decided that Peter Sunde, one of the co-founders of file-sharing portal The…
Thanks to the internet, there are now more ways than ever to get music. But this hasn't allowed smaller artists to…
In recent years, people have been buying more and more vinyl records—and now, demand for music etched into this…
You go, Britain. Sources claim the country will legalize the copying of CDs and DVDs for personal use. It could also…
According to CNN, Apple and other digital download services are in talks with record labels to up music files from…
Instead of eulogies for a music industry too slow to adapt to the digital age, its mourners should just print up…
Not only has it destroyed the music business, but "it's going to destroy the movie business," too. Obviously…
Selling individual tracks online is not the only thing Pink Floyd has been raging against recently. The band has…
Just how much moolah do musicians earn from online downloads and streams? For the artist to earn the US minimum wage…
The number of major record labels seems set to drop to a mere three, as EMI has failed to make a deal for North…
It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and…
If any band could justify not selling individual tracks, its Pink Floyd. What, you just want Summer '69 but not Atom…
There is nothing about this old Dead Kennedys cassette single I don't love. [SB1 via HypeMachine]
With every important technological innovation a vocal group of people become alarmed that their industry will be…
Warner Music, one of the four largest record labels, is upset with just how free their music is online, and they're…
Bonooooooorrrrlllllllll! I know you are a rock star and a defender of the planet and I really like Joshua Tree and…