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by Charlotte Hassan Good idea? Aivvy has announced via their blog the launch of headphones with a built-in music streaming service. The headphones will â€automatically be bundled†with the company’s streaming music service for the first year. […]
by  Paul Resnikoff Sony Music is now preparing a massive, company-wide shift towards Hollywood-style ‘windowing,’ according to a bombshell statement by Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. Virtually all Hollywood releases march through a windowed release cycle, starting with […]
by Paul Resnikoff Leaked Correspondence Complicates Spotify’s $150 Million Lawsuit Earlier this week, Spotify’s high-priced lawyers pointed their guns at David Lowery, the artist activist who started a class action now valued north of $200 million. […]
by Charlotte Hassan Are streaming services helping the music industry grow, or having a harmful impact? Streaming services are now enjoying unprecedented growth, though it’s been non-stop warfare with the music industry.  At the dawn of Apple Music in […]
by Billboard Staff The Recording Industry of America has announced that streaming will, finally, now contribute to the certification of albums as Gold or Platinum. Effective immediately, the RIAA will include on-demand audio and video streams […]
by Tim Ingham Warner Music Group has taken the unprecedented step of promising its artists that, should the major ever sell its stake in Spotify, it will pay them a portion of the proceeds. Warner […]
by Henry Goodwin No, The Buggles, video has not killed the radio star. Almost weekly, proponents of radio seem to be fighting against the medium’s prolonged death knell. Every new development in digital music has […]
by Eriq Gardner Michael Robertson is facing a $15.8 million judgment for infringing song copyrights. Nearly two years ago, in one of the most complex copyright lawsuits of all time, MP3Tunes founder Michael Robertson was found […]