SoundCloud Undercuts Spotify; Why Indie Artists Can't Afford to Skip Streaming

The popular online-music service has struggled to make money, but its new $4.99/month price may be a sign of things to come for fans

The Purple Rocker was notoriously protective of his music when it came to streaming. Despite that, he may yet benefit from a Michael Jackson effect.

Bridging the gap between local music and tech communities is a growing imperative—and much easier said than done.

It was a watershed year for the half-million or so artists and labels CD Baby distributes worldwide in 2016. It was the year its artists' lifetime gross earnings crossed the half-a billion-dollar mark (yep, $500,000,000). But the most important trend was that revenue from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music overtook downloads as the number one source of artists' sales.

The emergence of mobile ticketing-focused startups like Dice has inspired Ticketmaster to “up our game” according to Sarah Slater.

Is radio dead? Data show it isn't as a whole—yet as a music platform, it's a whole different story. In a candid interview between Frank Ocean and Jay Z that aired on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio station Feb. 24, the latter spent a good portion mourning the golden days of radio, where he got his own start...

Still want to point the finger at streaming for stealing artists' money? Indie publishers saw their best revenue in years thanks to the growing medium.

A look at the rise of gamer personalities and the business models they employ, and how the music industry can learn from this as well as directly benefit.

Record labels refuse to allow streaming of remixes and hour-long DJ sets unless copyright owners get paid for every little sample. Dubset just raised $4..