Has music streaming ignored aficionados of Mozart and Beethoven? Two new services, Idagio and Primephonic, address the needs of the genre’s discerning listeners.
As part of that move to adapt the Copyright Royalty Board determination that awarded songwriters a 44% increase over 5 years, Spotify has taken advantage of a new discount allowed for the family and student plans, resulting in U.S. music publishers now having to give back an undetermined amount to the service.
Apple responds to Spotify's app tax complaint.
Spotify, Amazon, Sony, Warner, Universal and other major players in the music business jointly condemn streaming manipulation.
Is radio biggest challenge disruption or a relentless focucs on customer service?
Check out this summer's music festivals from the comfort of your couch.
Convert2MP3, one of the world's most popular stream ripping sites, has been shut down following a joint operation by international labels body IFPI and German trade organization Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).
Digitizing vinyl is a lot harder than ripping a CD.
The core technology takes a few minutes of speech, and creates a ‘replica’ voice for that person which can then be written a script to say anything.
Indian music-streaming service Gaana is planning to test cheaper subscription options that separate out some of the features from its current premium tier.
In order to meet that growing universe of listeners streaming audio entertainment, SiriusXM is expanding its subscription choices and introducing the new, low cost, "Essential" streaming-only package.
CEO Rob Lewis talks about the $15.9m of funding that his company has raised so far, and says it will finally launch its product in the US by Christmas this year.
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