eMusic Acquired By Foundational Cloud Music Company TriPlay
eMusic, one of the Internet's first digital music stores, has been sold to cloud media startup TriPlay. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but in a...
Pitchfork Acquired By Conde Nast
Blue-chip publisher Conde Nast, owner of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wired and fifteen other respected publications, has acquired the digital-native...
France Seeks to Tackle Music’s Digital Future, Provide Artists a Minimum Wage
The same day (Oct. 2) that tech thought leaders met at Berklee's Boston campus to identify and discuss some structural and technological problems...
Reeperbahn Festival Digs Into Fairness, Creative Liberation and Escaping the Old Music Economy
The seaside town of Hamburg is playing host to the Reeperbahn Festival, a conference with a spirit and conception to Austin's South By Southwest,...
Spotify Releases New Radio Listening Study Aimed at European Advertisers
Spotify has released the results of a study it is calling "The New Audio," commissioned from market research company TNS, analyzing how the company's...
Deezer Announces Plans for IPO
Pairs-based streaming service Deezer has announced plans for an initial public offering, to be filed in Paris, that would take the company public by...
Basilica Soundscape’s Mad, Siren Squall
Whenever someone tells you something is revelatory, take a teaspoon of salt. Basilica Soundscape has been wreathed in clover and sheathed with...
Recording Academy Sues Company Over Grammy-Themed Compilations
The Recording Academy, owner of the Grammy Awards, filed suit yesterday in California District Court against Power Music over the company's sales of...
CMJ’s New Owner Has Big Plans for the Beleaguered Brand
On the eve of its 35th birthday, the annual CMJ Music Marathon (Oct. 13-17) is, it hopes, just about over a mid-life crisis that saw the brand slowly...
Baboom Hopes to Be a Lot More, and Less, Than Another Streaming Service
What is Baboom? It's a reasonable question, even after studying the New Zealand-based company's site and platform, which launched to the public this...