It’s time for radical change at the Grammys — and the clock is ticking At this late hour, anyone who cares about contemporary music should be furious,…
Author: Rich Esra
BILLBOARD ISSUE - Tame Impala's Kevin Parker on His Pop Ambitions !This week’s Billboard issue features Tama Impala’s Kevin Parker, Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In an article titled, Tame Impala's…
All Three R. Kelly Lawyers Are Abandoning His Case Singer R. Kelly’s defense in a civil sexual assault case may be falling apart. Tuesday, a judge granted…
Peloton Loses Its Antitrust Countersuit Against Music Publishers — But Continues Its Aggressive Shift Towards Direct Licensing A hairy legal battle between music publishers and Peloton took…
The 50 best albums of 2020 Let’s face it: listening to new music wasn’t exactly easy this year. Amidst the neverending whirlwind of 2020, it was tempting…
What does it take to avoid the Grammy’ “Best New Artist” curse? The Beatles and Mariah Carey have achieved icon status after their respective “Best New Artist”…
How music copyright lawsuits are scaring away new hits The boom in copyright lawsuits is rattling the music industry — to the point where some artists and…
Where the music business Is going in 2020. Rolling Stone previews the headlines of the biggest stories in the music industry this year. – by Amy X.…
The man who’s spending $1 billion to own every pop song Music mogul Merck Mercuriadis raised hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the rights to hits…
Alienated, alone and angry: What the digital revolution really did to us We were promised community, civics, and convenience. Instead, we found ourselves dislocated, distrustful, and disengaged.…
In the wake of a controversy over fake music streams of a French Montana song, the Instagram account of Justin Bieber instructed fans on how to game…
Google has slowly improved YouTube Music with personalized mixes and more. However, the cloud locker feature available in Google Play Music is still absent. The story continues here.
Facebook pursues music video rights in challenge to YouTube Record labels have been itching for Facebook to step up and give them a credible alternative to YouTube.…
How podcasts are damaging the potential growth of the recorded music business The primary reason SPOT loves talk-content so much is financial; Spotify founder Daniel Ek let…
Katy Perry’s Lawyers Demand a Retrial as $2.8 Million Copyright Infringement Penalty Rises Despite a unanimous jury decision against Katy Perry last year, lawyers for the pop…
Miley Cyrus Settles $300 Million Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘We Can’t Stop’ Singer Miley Cyrus has settled a long-standing copyright infringement lawsuit relating to her hit song “We…
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Echoing a report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) says that sales from music streaming last year exceeded £1 billion ($1.3 billion)…
Spotify Will Pause All Political Advertising Starting ‘Early 2020’ Spotify political ads sales will be suspended in ‘early 2020.’ Spotify says it doesn’t have the resources to…
Reuters is reporting that the British government published the physical addresses of a number of celebrities online by accident, including those of Elton John and Olivia Newton-John..…
Sonos Trade-Up Program Bricks Old Speakers, Creating Toxic Landfill Waste The Sonos Trade-Up program launched this year for speaker loyalists. It offers discounts on new products for…
The Grammys’ $86,000 Lawsuit Against Its Program Printer Gets Tossed by a Federal Judge Earlier this month, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) decided…
2020 entertainment predictions: What’s in store for film, TV and music next year? If studio executives, filmmakers, musicians and showrunners knew what trends were about to take…
Broadcast Company Bans ‘It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas’ from Retail Playlists A media broadcast company responsible for music at thousands of U.S. businesses has…