Record Labels
Spotify finally expands to Japan, where CDs are still king
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has noted that there will be an uphill battle in Japan for the streaming service, a nation where CDs remain king.
Musicians sue record labels over lack of streaming payments
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has sued Warner Bros, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Atlantic Records and Hollywood Records over alleged non-payments of streaming royalties.
Music sharing service Grooveshark officially shuts down following legal defeat
Although most people probably thought it was shuttered years ago anyways, the music sharing service Grooveshark has officially shut down.
Labels reportedly want Spotify to limit free streaming
According to reports, Universal Music Group - the world's largest label, is pressuring Spotify to limit its free streaming service that is used by over 50 million people.
Report: The record labels continue to leech all the money that should be going to artists, songwriters
Thanks to a new report from Ernst & Young in conjunction with French record label trade group SNEP, we can see that artists and songwriters continue to get screwed by the major record labels.
SoundCloud nearing licensing deal with record labels
A major deal is in the works between music service SoundCloud and the record labels.
RIAA forced to lay off employees after revenue drops again
Record labels cut back dues again
Amazon in discussions with record labels over possible streaming subscription service
Would be next Internet giant to get in the game
Apple's streaming radio plan gains some traction
Apple has intensified their recent discussions with the major music labels in an effort to get their own streaming radio service launched.
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Record label cited in cocaine trafficking bust
Earlier this year, following a year-long investigation, the U.S. DEA arrested and indicted 46-year-old rap music manager James Rosemond on 18 ......
LimeWire settles with record labels for $105 million
LimeWire has decided to settle with the record labels in their federal copyright infringement suit, paying $105 million and finally marking ......
Obvious alert: Record labels angry at Google over Google Music launch
As reported this week, Google has launched the beta of their Google Music cloud service.
To nobody's surprise, the record labels are not ......
Labels angry about Amazon's CloudDrive
Earlier this week, Amazon launched its CloudDrive, a digital locker for users which offers 5GB free cloud storage on their servers.
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