In a major setback for the RIAA and the major record labels, a federal judge today cut the $675,000 damages award against Joel Tenenbaum for downloading and sharing 30 songs. Continue reading

In  response to an article in the Guardian on Clay Shirky and his opinion on news paywalls, Glenn Peoples  over at Billboard has written a great summary of how the. Continue reading

The End of the Road?: The concert business, a lone bright spot in the struggling music industry, is in trouble this summer. A tale of bad backs, canceled acts and angry. Continue reading

TIME ran a story this morning on album leaks; the topic is interesting to me because it highlights a shift that happened within my lifetime.  Prior to the web and. Continue reading

Due to a technicality, Lady Gaga was ineligible for the nomination of best new artist at this year's Grammys -even though she was the most popular artist of 2009.  Since. Continue reading

The Pirate Bay Hacked, Users Exposed – A group of Argentinian hackers have managed to gain access to The Pirate Bay’s admin panel through a security breach. Via the backend. Continue reading

Sirius XM Radio has now broken the 19.5 million subscribers mark. This makes sense.  Well, sort of; it would make sense to my father.  He and I recently got back. Continue reading

Both Google and Bing are searching for ways to position themselves as the best entertainment discovery tool.  While Bing's offering is slightly more robust than Google's; it may not take. Continue reading

At the end of June, Tom Conrad, the CTO of Pandora, held a talk at Digg, where he outlines the difficulties and windfalls that the company experienced during their transition. Continue reading