Irving Azoff‘s wife Shelli is responding to an email feud between her husband and WME co-CEO Ari Emanuel that went public Tuesday. In the email exchange, which was prompted by a Financial Times news story about the performance of Live Nation stock in the wake of Irving Azoff’s departure from the company (Emanuel is on…

In the long-running case of Joel Tenenbaum, who was ordered in 2009 by a jury to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs online, the First Circuit Court of Appeals decided on Tuesday that the penalty should stand. The penalty came to $22,500 for each song infringed, which Tenenbaum argued was unconstitutionally excessive…

Amazon took to a look at their per capita MP3, CDs, and vinyl sales and put together a list of the top 20 cities that buy music from them. What’s interesting is the music industry mecca’s of NYC and LA are completely left off this list. If you’re from those cities, GO OUT AND BUY…

Led by Kanye West’s Yeezus, all of the top four albums on the Billboard 200 this week are new entries. West’s Yeezus arrives with 327,000 — the third-largest sales week of the year. It’s bested only by the debuts of Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience (968,000) and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (339,000). J. Cole’s…

Sony is upping its game in the music streaming space. In a clear play to stay competitive with the likes of Spotify and Rdio, the entertainment and tech giant is updating its iOS Music Unlimited app to offer offline playback and high-quality audio. And its dangling lower, subscription price points to entice new customers. Users…