Apple is updating its iPod Touch music player for the first time in nearly three years, as the company seeks to make music a central part of its devices once again….

The German music market increased sales by 4.4 percent in 2015’s first half compared to 2014, according to a report released Wednesday by Germany’s Federal Music Industry Association (BVMI). The revenue from physical and digital music sales at the end of the first six months of 2015 amounted to €686 million….

The federal judge overseeing the high-profile lawsuit brought by the Marvin Gaye family against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over the smash hit “Blurred Lines” has handed down some big rulings in the wake of a jury verdict after a trial held last March….

Data comes from Spotify’s live ‘musical map of the world’ which analyses nearly 20 billion tracks…

During his appearance with Scooter Braun at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference last night, Big Machine chief Scott Borchetta revealed some of the backstory of the Taylor Swift-Apple conflict and rapprochement….

It’s tempting to portray Satoru Iwata, the President & CEO of Japanese gaming giant Nintendo for the past 13 years, simply as a man who allowed his inner child to run free….

The arrival of Beats 1 could spell the return of ‘monoculture‘ and the reunification of the music listening experience, as the focus of listeners shifts from the artists and back to their music. Is that good or bad? I hadn’t even really thought about it.  After enduring an iOS update, I saw the Apple Music icon.  This must be the whole Beats…

Do musicians need to sign to a major label to make it in 2015? Do they need Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote themselves, their music and that super exclusive behind-the-scenes selfie with their dog? Increasingly not, and a wave of new apps look set to make it even easier to sustain a direct-to-fan eco-system….

Inquiring minds want to know when YouTube will finally launch its much-anticipated Music Key streaming service. At Fortune‘s Brainstorm Tech event on July 13, CEO Susan Wojcicki did little to expand on previous comments by her fellow Google execs, saying that the beta feedback has been helpful and that Music Key will indeed arrive this year….

Scary news for those who don’t feel YouTube is paying music rights-holders enough: it’s the biggest music streaming service on earth, and it’s growing faster than Spotify or any of its rivals….