United Record Pressing’s Original Nashville Plant, Steeped in Music History, to Cease Operations
Down an industrial road in southeast Nashville, framed by yellowing, beige-box warehouses, is a building dressed in incongruous, deep-ocean-blue...
Usher, Justin Bieber and Devin ‘The Dude’ Voluntarily Dismiss Suit Over ‘Somebody to Love’
A copyright case against Usher, Justin Bieber and the many companies in charge of overseeing their work's business -- Sony/ATV, Universal Music...
Former CMJ Employees Sue For Unpaid Wages
The sad saga of CMJ, and by extension its enmeshed owner Adam Klein, continues. A suit filed this morning in New York by two former full-time...
Taj Mahal’s Stripped-Down ‘Labor of Love’: Exclusive Stream
Children whose parents had that particular, Sunday-morning-in-spring taste in music may remember hearing Taj Mahal in their youth and thinking --...
John Cena Attempts, Fails to Celebrate the Season in ‘SNL’ Opening Monologue
"For those of you who voted for Hillary -- I'm a wrestler," WWE wrestler and actor John Cena helpfully reminded the Manhattan crowd...
Watch Maren Morris Take Hits ‘My Church’ and ’80s Mercedes’ to ‘SNL’
One day after accepting the Breakthrough Star Award at the Billboard Women In Music event, fast-rising country star Maren Morris was in Studio 8H for...
YouTube Reports $1 Billion Paid to Recording Industry Through Advertising This Year
After a year of sustained and withering criticism from the recorded music industry -- and one day after Lyor Cohen began as its global head of...
Pandora Subjected to Conflicting Reports of Its Availability for Sale
You can pick your poison this morning; either Pandora is not trying to sell itself, or Pandora is in early-stage talks with SiriusXM around an...
Indie-Centric Streaming Startup Gyld Reportedly on Life Support
As we wrote back in August, it's a tough row to hoe for music startups focused on drawing ears and dollars to independent music. The...
Joy Howard, Sonos’ Marketing Chief, on Tech Events and Not Trying So Hard
Advertising and marketing are not industries known for having big hearts, though their existence is predicated on the audience ...