Managers across the world are coming together to form communities where they can network and stay informed about current issues. Getting their artists to sign…
Two exclusive rights of copyright are at the heart of the worldwide business of music. They involve musical compositions and sound recordings, the rights of…
The music industry once again is on the tipping point of another digital transformation, this time moving away from CD’s and downloads and into the…
Roger Faxon has had a distinguished career in the entertainment industry. He was executive vice president/COO at LucasFilm, a founding partner of the film and…
As the music industry’s traditional structures continue to fall away, new models are building upon unsteady foundations. Some of the new companies that stepped onto…
Both European and American regulators have approved the $1.9 billion purchase of EMI by Universal. The deal was closed after months of heated debate about…
This is the second in a series of articles tracking ongoing efforts worldwide to develop a single registry of songs. In our December cover piece,…
Grooveshark has been in the news lately. Many of the major music companies have filed suit. Proceedings against Grooveshark started in November 2011, with Universal…
EMI, the British company, has been a driving force in the music industry since 1887, when Emile Berliner invented the Gramophone. Since then, EMI has…
A few months ago, Google lost patience with the major labels and launched its own license-free Music Beta Site, an annoyingly slow, song-by-song, upload locker…
Spotify could be in danger of becoming just another flash in the pan music service. Information about it is hard to track and inconsistent, and…
On June 6th of this year, at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced at last plans for its iCloud service. Music, digital books, applications, photos…
With all the recent activity in the digital music world, it is no surprise that investors have been attracted to the concept of cloud-based services.…
Ever since private equity firm Terra Firma purchased the EMI Group in 2007, the label and publishing giant has been caught in a proverbial purgatory…