UPDATE: Criminal Probes Launched As Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Death Toll Climbs To 36

Investigations have been launched into the cause of the deadly fire at Oakland's Ghost Ship. But even as the death toll climbs to 36, questions are being asked about its. Continue reading

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Music Confidential Releases Unique Music Revenue Report

In special end of year report, we take a unique look at some revenue figures from the year in music business. Rather than sorting revenue by type of right, this. Continue reading

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Grammy Nominees 2017 Named [The Full List]

Beyonce and Adele dominated the nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards with both receiving coveted album, record and song of the year noms. The 59th Annual Grammys will air live from. Continue reading

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TUE. BRIEF: 50 Cent Scores $14.5M • PirateBay Back In Court • Weed Save Record Stores? • More

Tuesday 12.6.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Today's top stories involve the decades old combo of lawyers and weed. PS: Go 50! Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Amazon Doubles Down On Vinyl With Launch Of Vinyl Lounge Community, 12 Days Of Giveaways

Amazon has become a key sales outlet for vinyl records, and their music team is promoting the format with two new initiatives.

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Context Awareness: The Music Industry’s Next Frontier

In this article, music-tech writier Cherie Hu delves into the ability of context awareness to reshape creativity as well as create new revenue streams and new business models for the. Continue reading

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Vevo Names New Artists To Watch 2017

Music video destination Vevo is in the midst of another makeover and part of it includes a greater commitment to developing new artists. To that end, they've released a Ones. Continue reading

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The Streaming Music Price Wars Have Started

Something many believed to be an inevitable occurrence, it seems the first of the streaming music price wars has broken out. Precipitated by Amazon's joining of the market, other streaming industry major. Continue reading

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Is Facebook Finally Getting Serious About Music? Two Help Wanted Ads Suggest Maybe

Music powers many videos posted on Facebook as well as driving traffic and engagement in other ways.  But many uses of music have gone unlicensed and uncompensated on the platform.  There. Continue reading

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Recording Academy Sends Letter Congratulating President-elect Trump

As many trade and lobbying organizations do, the Recording Academy, aka The Grammy folks, sent an open letter to the president-elect sharing their hopes and concerns for the next administration. Their letter,. Continue reading

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Discogs Receives An Artist-Focused App Update

Recently Discogs released a new and improved version of its vinyl tracking app to the iOS. Of particular note is the update of the app's artist section, providing users with. Continue reading

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