Pennsylvania Is the Latest State to Tax Streaming Services
Pennsylvania has joined several states in enacting a tax on digital streaming and download services. The 6 percent sales tax on services like Spotify...
Spotify Puts Friday Releases on Your Radar With New Discovery Tool
A year ago, the music industry pushed through a change that saw new albums being released globally on Fridays (they were traditionally released on...
Spotify’s IPO Rumored to Arrive This Year
Spotify's long-rumored initial public offering may arrive in the second half of this year, according to a report from Bloomberg this morning...
Google Points New Piracy Report Towards the Music Industry
Google and the music industry have been engaged in a war of words for a quarter-year now, and neither side has taken one step back. That standoff has...
Trentemoller on His New Record ‘Fixion,’ Premieres ‘River In Me’ feat. Jehnny Beth: Exclusive
It's the first time Anders Trentemøller has spoken about his newest album, titled Fixion and out Sep. 16, to anyone outside of what seems to be...
European Commission, IFPI, BPI, AIM and Others’ Full Statements on Britain’s Exit
News came around 12 a.m. ET last night that a countrywide referendum in the U.K. had resulted in a vote for its exit from the European Union ...
Don’t Be Confused: Twitter Introduces Video and Vine Changes, New App for Creators
Two weeks to the day after the company lost its head of core consumer product, just two seasons after he'd begun, Twitter has several new...
Spotify Hits New Active User Milestone
Spotify today has confirmed it has passed a significant mile marker -- one that will help it in its quest for advertising dollars.
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Berklee Announces Ambitious New Cross-Industry Project with Majors and Big Tech On Board
Around this time last year, the Berklee College of Music's campaign Rethink Music debuted its "Fair Music: Transparency And Money Flows In...
PwC’s ‘Global Entertainment’ Study Breaks Down the Music and Ad Industries’ Present and Near-Future
PricewaterhouseCoopers (stylized PwC) has released its 17th annual, dense-as-a-poundcake report on the global media landscape, which covers at least...