SFX Entertainment has announced changes to its organizational structure that shifts more of the company’s brand-level operations to the local and regional level. The largest move was the appointment of Greg Consiglio as president and CEO of Beatport, the EDM-focused online store and streaming service. Consiglio was previously president and COO of SFX Entertainment, positions that will…

Royal Blood’s “Little Monster” earns a second week atop the active rock airplay chart. X Ambassadors’ “Renegades” tops alt for a sixth week….

Miley Cyrus set to host this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, it was announced Monday. The pop star revealed the news on social media, posting a photo of herself in a campy alien costume and wearing a sandwich sign saying, “MTV won’t let me perform” and “So I’m hosting this year’s VMA’s.”…

Why would Facebook want to join the increasingly crowded field of music streaming? Here we look at some of the advantages Facebook might have over its many competitors….

When it comes to being a musician, there are both hobbyists and professionals. Here are some of the characteristics that the latter exhibit that allow them make a career in the music industry while others only dabble….

Heard Well is a new record label founded by YouTube sensation Connor Franta in tandem with some entertainment biz bigshots. It will release compilation albums made up of tracks from unknown artists, all curated by Franta and his fellow ‘social media influencers’….

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has updated its songwriter accounts portal, Royalty Window, with new enhancements including a ‘one-click’ advance service. This means that UMPG writers can request a monetary advance online against due incoming royalties for no additional fee….

The internet may have destroyed the old music business, but its impact on the music media industry has been even more lethal. As magazines shifted to the Web, overall U.S. print sales dropped more than 56 percent between 2004 and 2014 (according to trade publication The New Single Copy) and advertising moved to online units that…

Spotify is upping its mixtape game by introducing a new automated playlist that will be tailored to each listeners’ taste and released every Monday morning. Discover Weekly, which begins rolling out today to all platforms, is essentially a two-hour mixtape inspired by your favorite music along with the tastes of people listening to similar songs….

Digital album sales are up 10 percent and vinyl LPs up 40 percent in Canada, compared to 2014, according to the 2015 Nielsen Mid-Year Music Canada Report issued Friday. The data, which covers the 6-month period of Dec. 29, 2014 to June 28, 2015, also shows there were over 10.5 billion on-demand streams through audio…