Apple’s Beats Beats Monster Monster Lawsuit

LA Superior Court Judge William Fahey yesterday handed down a summary judgment that effectively dismissed the claims that Beats by Dr Dre had cheated Monster and its CEO Noel Lee. Continue reading

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Is Buying Tidal A Waste Of Apple’s Money?

Although Apple is allegedly in talks to purchase Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal, it's hard to see what exactly what the benefit would be for Tim Cook's company, as Apple is. Continue reading

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Why Trent Reznor Is Wrong About Apple Music

In this piece, Tom Vek takes on Apple product executive Trent Reznor following his comments regarding the future of music consumption, and expresses his feelings that the Nine Inch Nails frontman is. Continue reading

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FRI. BRIEFING: Apple In Talks To Buy Tidal • DoJ Ruling Irks Publishers • ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Attorney Suspended • More

FRIDAY 7.1.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  If Apple buys Tidal, will Jay Z get a bigger pay day than Dr Dre did from the Beats acquisition?  Updated continuously. Continue reading

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2015: Year Of A Million Streaming Services [Cortney Harding]

While there are a plethora of streaming services currently available, most of which are reasonably well designed and user friendly, none of them seem to have gained enough traction as to. Continue reading

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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

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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

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: A Letter To Jimmy Iovine • Nielsen’s 360 Music Report • Effective Delegation • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we read an open letter to Jimmy Iovine, examine Nielsen's 360 music report, and learn why your current songs probably won't work for film or TV, plus much more.

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Alabama State University is in the hot seat after they're caught in a fake Lil Wayne concert scam, Jimmy Iovine alienates half of Apple's customer base, and the Eagles Of. Continue reading

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Dear Mr. Iovine: How Other Women (Not Apple Music) Influenced My Musical Tastes

After Apple Music exec Jimmy Iovine said on national TV that he had created Apple Music because he "always knew that women find it very difficult at times…to find music," music. Continue reading

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