How Record Labels Screwed Up The Music Industry, And How Spotify, Apple Saved Them
ALTERNATIVE TAKE: Mike Masnick explores the sordid history of how the record labels' behavior in the early days of the internet literally brought the music industry to its knees, and. Continue reading
ALTERNATIVE TAKE: How Recording Industry Hid A New Attempt To Expand Copyright
Some of the new music legislation currently sailing through Congress has received criticism from music rights advocates. Not so with the CLASSICS ACT. But here, Mike Masnick of Techdirt shares. Continue reading
Exec Charged With Supporting New Musicians For BBC Just Took A Job At Amazon
By many measures, Amazon has the biggest U.S. reach of any music streamer. Populated by more casual listeners, who get it bundled with Amazon Prime, the service now appears to. Continue reading
Jimmy Iovine And The Myth Of The Male Music Fan
In this article, Kelsey Butterworth takes a closer look at Jimmy Iovine's recent and unfortunate bout of mansplaining, an incident which offers some insight into several much larger issues regarding women. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
This week in the world of music commentary, SONGS CEO Matt Pincus weighs in on why a two-class system would be harmful to the music industry as a whole, we. Continue reading
Apple Music Changes Course: New Ad Praises Computer Generated Playlists Over Human Curation [VIDEO]
"Music needs curation," said Jimmy Iovine and humans – whether Beats 1 DJ's or 1000's of hand-crafted playlists – are at the core of Apple Music. But, perhaps acknowledging competitors. Continue reading
