Listen: Tim Westergren Delivers Annual Zafris Lecture at Berklee
Last Friday, the Berklee College of Music put on its annual Zafris Lecture, which brings in high-profile actors from various corners of music to...
Chris Brown Cancels Minneapolis Date for ‘Unspecified’ Reasons
Chris Brown recently canceled his headlining show at Minneapolis' Target Center arena due to unspecified "scheduling conflicts," according to...
Lucian Grainge’s End-of-Year Memo to Employees: ‘It’s No Longer Enough to Outperform’
Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group and one of the most powerful members of the music industry, today sent employees a holiday...
What’s It Like to Wear a Woofer? Billboard Tries Out the Kickstarter-Funded Woojer
Subwoofers have gone out of vogue in the era of earbuds. If you want to literally feel your music booming, you’re out of luck -- or rather, you were...
SoundCloud Nets First Deal with a Major Label
SoundCloud has confirmed its first deal with a major music company.
The company, which brings 175 million listeners into its orange ecosystem per...
Red vs. Blue States: Key Takeaways From Pandora’s Political Data Crunch
Below are some key takeaways we learned from a data set provided to Billboard by Internet radio giant Pandora, which split the states between...
Beats Is Still Benefitting from Quarterback’s Censored Headphones
Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback fined $10,000 last week for wearing Beats headphones to a press conference, has found an...
Bandwidth Issues Cause Apple Livestream Delays
Today was a big day in the tech world, as Apple took over the Flint Center in its hometown of Cupertino for a multi-pronged unveiling of the company'...
Juicy J and DJ Paul Sued Over Three 6 Mafia Samples
Juicy J and DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia, the Oscar-winning southern rap group formed in 1991, and their label businesses (Select-O-Hits, S.A.T....
Death of 21-Year-Old Tied to Ultra Music Festival (Report)
A young man has died in connection to the Ultra Music Festival in Miami over this weekend, local news outlets are reporting. The young man died...