Music business

When you're locked in a global war to dominate the smartphone market, every little advantage helps. And now Samsung has enlisted one of the most brilliant musicians and promoters of the past two decades to its arsenal: Jay-Z.

This story on Apple's business model for its just-launched iTunes Radio is from the latest edition of Billboard (cover date June 22, 2013).

In its latest move in licensing music, Apple's iTunes Radio has cut a performance licensing deal with BMI, according to sources.

Everyone and their aunt will be having their say on Apple's newly-announced iTunes Radio service tonight – including rivals, keen to pick

At its WWDC keynote event today, Apple announced iTunes Radio, its long-rumored streaming music service to compete with Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, Xbox Music, Google Play Music All Access, and others....

Omnifone has added 1.2 million subscribers to its cloud-based music services in the last six months.

Google and Amazon can follow Apple's example should they choose to launch their own radio services.

Consumers in some European countries are increasingly willing to pay for streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer and WiMP, the sponsor of the su

"Competition from Apple and other hardware makers have helped render Sony’s electronics business utterly worthless, says one equity analyst. “Electronics is its Achilles’ heel and, in our view, it is worth zero,” Jeffries analyst Atul Goyal explained in a note to investors last week."

"Last year, Japan startled the industry by almost beating the US in total recording sales.  Now, it appears that Japan may grab the crown as the biggest music market in 2013, with healthy physical sales a big part of the reason."

"When Facebook launched its ambitious attempt to become “a connective tissue for music,” the biggest player in internet radio, Pandora, didn’t join the party. You could share stations on Pandora, of course, but Pandora decided not to let Facebook see what people were listening to in real time."

Microsoft is tweaking a number of its built-in apps for Windows 8.1, but the Music app appears to include the most changes. A freshly redesigned copy of the Windows Store in leaked builds of...

BMI, Broadcast Music Inc., today filed suit at the U.S.

A look at how Apple's new music streaming service iRadio stacks up against competitors such as Spotofy, Google Play Music All Access and Pandora.

"When Coca-Cola and Spotify first announced their “global strategic partnership” in April 2012, the vague marketing buzzwords only hinted at the products to come."

Rhapsody on Monday expanded its subscription music service to 14 additional European countries in a bid to accrue scale and more effectively compet

Apple's developer conference kicks off next week, where new versions of its mobile and desktop operating systems are expected.

This story on five independent labels working together to create autonomous deals with major distributors is from the latest issue of Billb

France's tough piracy policy, which allows for copyright infringers' internet connections to be suspended, is likely to be toned down, according to a report from The New York Times. Under current...

Deezer hit a huge milestone recently. The on-demand music streaming service now boasts 4 million paying subscribers, up from 3 million when the company last disclosed its base of Premium+ ...