By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warner Music Group Corp has agreed to pay hundreds of former interns more than $4.2 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of underpaying them. The settlement, disclosed in papers filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, is the latest in a series struck by media […]
By Julia Love and Mari Saito SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A decade ago, Apple Inc helped revitalize a music industry hit hard by online piracy with its iTunes Store. Now, amid a steady slump in digital downloads, the industry is hopeful that the tech giant's new streaming service will give record companies another desperately needed […]
Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker and other stars talk about the show. Source: Yahoo Music Link: CMT Music Awards 2015: Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker and Others Look Forward to Tonight's Show
Prosecutors in two US states are investigating whether major music labels have colluded to prevent competition in the booming area of music streaming, officials said Wednesday. The probe — which an official said has turned up no evidence of wrongdoing — comes as tech giant Apple entered the streaming battle with the launch of an […]
Florence and the Machine’s new album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful debuted atop the Billboard 200, knocking off two-week champion A$AP Rocky and earning frontwoman Florence Welch her first Number One record, Billboard reports. How Big sold 137,000 units in its first week, according to Nielsen Music, the band’s best sales week yet. It… Source: RollingStone Link: On […]
Ashley Monroe’s appearance at Nashville hotspot 3rd and Lindsley on Tuesday night served up classic, traditional-leaning country music with 21st century sass and gave concertgoers a chance to hear much of what is destined to be one of the year’s top albums. It also introduced the audience to some of… Source: RollingStone Link: Ashley Monroe […]
Spokesmen for both offices confirmed to Reuters that the music streaming industry was being investigated for anticompetitive behavior, but would not confirm that Apple was being singled out. Apple launched its music streaming service, Apple Music, on Monday. The Times quoted, Matt Mittenthal, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, as saying the […]
Country legends Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard have made their way back to the top of the heap. Their duets album, Django and Jimmie, has debuted at Number One on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and in the Number Seven spot on the all-genre Billboard 200. Produced by Buddy Cannon and… Source: RollingStone Link: Willie […]
Ghostface Killah, “the Almighty GFK,” has reunited with composer-producer Adrian Younge for Twelve Reasons to Die II, a sequel to their collaborative 2013 LP. The album is out July 10th via Linear Labs, and the duo have shared its second single, “Let the Record Spin,” which features a cameo from… Source: RollingStone Link: Ghostface Killah, […]
Two of country music’s more dapper dudes, Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge, are hitting the road together. This fall, the pair will bring their brand of metro-country to cities across the nation as the co-headliners of the 14th Annual CMT On Tour. Dates will be announced later this year. Dubbed the… Source: RollingStone Link: Thomas […]