According to a report from Sky News this morning, streaming watchers can add the UK-based invest firm Lansdowne, Scottish firm Bailie Gifford, New York’s D.E. Shaw Group, Connecticut-based Discovery Capital Management, Halcyon Asset Management (offices in New York and London), P. Schoenfeld Asset Management (the concern responsible for precipitating Vivendi’s recent $1 billion dividend payout),…

Kanye West was certainly making the rounds this past weekend at Coachella — once during The Weeknd’s set, and again during Stromae’s performance. Of course, ‘Ye and the Belgian pop performer were already buds — the former did a spot on the “Alors on Danse” remix in 2009. Check out the dynamic duo’s performance above….

Steely Dan, the jazz-rockers who scored a hit in 1978 with their single FM (No Static At All), would not be pleased….

Spotify valuation ($8.4 billion) calculated by Wall Street Journal, based on an upcoming, $400 million+ capital round led by Goldman Sachs. US-based recording valuation for 2014 ($6.972 billion) published this month by recording trade group RIAA. [Digital Music News]

In what has become the norm for country music award shows, the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards could aptly be titled the “Miranda Lambert Show” as the superstar bagged a haul that included song of the year, album of the year, and a record-setting sixth consecutive nod in the female vocalist category. Also during the ceremony at Arlington, TX…

Pandora this morning (April 20) announced the election of former AEG CEO Tim Leiweke and the nomination of Roger Faxon — former CEO of EMI Music Group prior to that label’s sale to Universal Music Group — to the company’s board of directors. The move brings two well-known executives from the “traditional” music industry into…

Compression has gotten a bad rap in recent times, but I’d wager nearly all of your favorite records are compressed. Some less than others, yet some of your most beloved tunes are massively compressed….

Pop music no longer challenges the establishment or discusses politics because performers are part of the “selfie generation”, Blur frontman Damon Albarn has said….

The key to rock’s longevity is it never defines itself into irrelevance. So while there were some loud dirty guitars at the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday night (April 18), there was as much recognition for rock’s antecedents in soul and blues, speaking less to a particular…

Given the choice, which day of the week do you think albums from your favorite artists should be released? [Digital Music News]