The newest stage of the copyright battle over “Blurred Lines” has commenced with new motions being presented on Friday (May 1) in a fight that resulted in a $7.4 million jury verdict this past March….

TIDAL’s Chief Information Officer Vania Schlogel recently revealed information about the TIDAL Discovery program. Schlogel said: “When it comes to the distribution of music, I want to get a point where there are no blockades for artists in order to be able to easily do that for themselves…”…

On the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated May 9), rock band Alabama Shakes scored its first No. 1 album as Sound & Color arrived in the top slot. The set, released on ATO Records, moved 97,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music. It was one of just two…

The sound bites flew fast and furious during ASCAP Expo’s rollicking “Who Is He (And What Is He To You)” master class session featuring Bill Withers on Friday (May 1)….

Beyoncé has found a group of three aspiring singers and signed the teen crooners to contracts totaling $1.5 million….

Paul McCartney has compared writing songs with Kanye West to when he wrote with John Lennon, saying the pair shared a similar “ping-pong” system as he did with his former Beatles bandmate….

Debuting Friday (May 1) in its third year, the 30-day New York edition of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival reads like a who’s who of different underground eras. Seemingly no genre is untouched, from ’60s avant garde classical (“A Conversation With LaMonte Young” on May 6) and ’70s P-Funk (“A Conversation With George Clinton” on May…

At this year’s SESAC Pop Music Awards that’s being held Monday at the New York Public Library in Manhattan, Warner/Chappell North America president Jon Platt who will receive the performance rights organization’s “Visionary Award.” In light of this honor, Billboard caught up with Platt to see what’s on his mind nowadays….

The Hollywood trade group that lobbies for major movie studios has reportedly begun sending letters to European piracy sites, ordering them to shut down in a day’s time or face… something. The Motion Picture Association of America’s Euro branch is contacting the sites and telling them to “take effective measures to end and prevent further…

SoundCloud’s podcasting feature has been in beta with about 15,000 users, but now it is open for all. Not only is SoundCloud a platform for sharing podcasts with fans, they’ll also give you an RSS feed so you can send your podcast to iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, or other services….