REMEMBERING IKEY OWENS ON HIS BIG NIGHT AT COACHELLA 2015…

Using music in a marketing campaign is nothing new. But increasingly, new music and advertising are on a two way street. Brands are using music to connect with a specific audience; while at the same time the artist is using the brand’s broad reach to launch new music….

When Tidal made its big media push at the end of March, the core message was clear: While other streaming music services like Spotify and Pandora pay a pittance to artists, Tidal offers musicians a better deal. Unfortunately, Tidal also opted to use super stars like Nicki Minaj and Beyonce as spokespersons for the app….

In a dispute over Ghostface Killer songs, a judge rules that Marvel — not Jack Urbont — is the statutory author of the “Iron Man Theme.”…

The list of investors behind Spotify’s imminent new funding round of $400m (€373m) has been unmasked – but there could be a catch….

Tidal is not the streaming service of the Illuminati — in fact, it doesn’t seem to be the streaming service for almost anyone just yet. As of this writing, the streaming service launched by Jay Z and his high-profile phalanx of equity-holding artists on March 30 has fallen out of the top 750 apps, after…

Nearly a year after announcing its purchase of Beats — both its successful premium headphones division and its nascent-at-the-time, now-hibernating streaming service — for $3 billion, Apple is inching closer and closer to unveiling its much-anticipated revamp of that streaming service….

Subscription streaming movie service Netflix announced earlier this week that it has reached 62m users around the world – almost exactly the same number as Spotify….

The CEO of YouTube monetisation service and multi-channel network AdRev has parted ways with the Vevo rival after just eight months in the role….

Vessel, the online video platform supported by Warner and Universal which is attempting to charge consumers to access exclusive windowed content before it appears on YouTube, has received US $57.5m in new Series B funding….