Information For Musicians

Artists frequently offer exclusives to online, mobile, and retail outlets to spark pre-release excitement. Now, digital jukebox specialist TouchTunes is jumping into the action with Columbia Records artist W... Read More...

Jay-Z may have shunned iTunes on this latest release, American Gangster, but the rapper is embracing other platforms. Apple refuses to offer album-only downloads, a stance that caused Jay-Z to pull his conte... Read More...

Media-heavy social networking destination Imeem has now secured a collection of Led Zeppelin video footage. The deal is the latest in a string of digital moves by Zeppelin, a major holdout previously.  Imeem... Read More...

Prince is now issuing legal threats against his most ardent fans, an abrasive and unexpected move. The artist recently issued cease-and-desist letters to three fansites demanding the removal of various image... Read More...

Radiohead sparked a firestorm by allowing fans to name their own pricetag on the album, In Rainbows. But recent figures from media tracking firm BigChampagne have dampened the enthusiasm a bit.  The band sol... Read More...

Longtime holdout Led Zeppelin is now positioning its catalog digitally across a broad number of music stores. The legendary body of work will be available in a-la-carte or album configurations starting Novem... Read More...

Music industry executives heaped praise upon the recent, unorthodox digital sales play by Radiohead during conversations Wednesday, yet major labels were mostly lukewarm. Earlier this week, the freshly-indep... Read More...

Britney Spears offered a less-than-spectacular performance at the VMAs, and that produced serious gains online for MTV Networks. Television viewers increased 23 percent to 7.1 million, a welcomed reversal fo... Read More...

Over the past few months, SoundExchange has been wrangling over internet radio royalty rates. But the label and artist representative has also been discussing future rate structures with the satellite radio ... Read More...

MySpace is now pushing a number of high-profile streaming album exclusives, part of its growing music initiative. Starting this Friday, MySpace is offering an exclusive peek at the upcoming Talib Kweli album... Read More...

More information surfaced this week on a possible mega-deal involving Madonna and Live Nation. The discussions, first disclosed on July 11th by Digital Music News, reportedly traverse touring, recording, mer... Read More...