How the Music Industry Messed Up Legal Streaming the First Time Around; A Post-Spotify Boom for Music IPOs?

Lessons from the music industry’s initial consumer-hostile reaction to the Napster saga. Going from $16 CDs to unlimited streaming is really hard.

Universal Music Group and China's Tencent Music are testing the waters for public offerings as analysts forecast a "bullish" outlook for the sector.

Vivendi investors are eager for an update on plans for a possible listing of its music business, hoping that could bolster the French media group's value after several setbacks in Italy.

Google announced a major shake-up of its music and video streaming services.

Artists have to produce a lot more content to keep up in today's streaming music industry, Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti says.

A new ad campaign focuses on increased personalization, which Spotify says makes its free version better for both users and advertisers.

“Dirty Computers! Feel what it’s liked to be cleaned, and update your playlists with me.”

Spotify top executive Nick Holmstén gets thousands of emails from artists every week.

Starting Friday (May 18), the lifestyle audio brand Skullcandy, Inc. will be hosting a live-streamed concert series, dubbed the Now Feel This series, dedicated to featuring emerging artists.

Potentiam started with the idea in mind to give rising musicians, and content creators more access to the music industry and the tools they need to be heard by the masses. The Potentiam platform…

It is probably safe to say that Spotify did not get the reaction it expected on Thursday when the company announced a new policy against “hate content” and “hateful conduct” regarding the artists it chooses to promote — and then announced, via a simultaneously published interview.

The podcast industry is growing, and audio giants want a piece of it.