One of the biggest perils that the music industry faces today is the ferocious battle between privacy rights and the violation of copyrights stemming from…
Giving Traction to Your Business Idea As a Music Business/Management major at Berklee, I have learned how to create a strong professional business plan, how…
More than four years have passed since Edgar Bronfman Jr. led an investor group to acquire Warner Music from Time Warner Co. Bronfman’s goal for…
A career in the music industry is risky. The random factor always plays a role. Choosing the right location, however, increases the hopes of breaking…
If you were to open Google and simply type “Apple subscription model” you would find 195,000 results, almost all of them questioning the future of…
Mobile phone manufacturing giant Nokia Corp. is preparing for the October release of “Comes With Music”, a venture into the realm of digital downloading. The…
In 2007, Hear Music, previously known as a catalogue company based out of Boston, became a record label under its parent company, Starbucks. With Concord…
A court case between Clear Channel Communications and Grantely Patent Holdings finally came to a close on April 22 when Grantely was awarded $66 million…
Q: How do artists collect royalties when their sound recordings are performed on digital cable, satellite television, Internet and satellite radio? A: Artists collect their…
For the past decade, the music industry has been facing a new digital era. It has generated new outlets for talent, and overturned the familiar…
In the March 2008 issue of the MBJ, Ashley Griffith wrote “Loggers and Luthiers –the Drama of Not Going Green.” In it, she cited…
Every unknown artist is on a search to find a way to promote his or herself and build a fan base. On the other hand,…
If Berklee College of Music is like a microcosm of the music world, there has certainly been a huge influx of young folk musicians when…
A powerhouse was declared on March 30 connecting Live Nation and rapper Jay-Z in a 150 million dollar contract. After announcing the departure from his…