Rdio announced Tuesday it was expanding beyond digital music streaming to include a live radio broadcast feature with nearly 500 U.S. stations onboard through partnership with Cumulus Media. Los Angeles’ 95.5 KLOS, San Francisco’s KFOG, and New York’s NASH FM 94.7 are all among the stations now operating on the Rdio platform. …

As The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face” climbs to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, its co-producer and co-writer, pop juggernaut Max Martin, earns his 21st leader as a songwriter. Martin co-wrote the track with Hot 100 Music Festival headliner The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye), Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami and Peter Svensson. Martin co-produced the song with Payami….

Kendrick Lamar has been announced as Stephen Colbert’s first musical guest as he takes over as host of The Late Show. Stephen Colbert will begin his new job on September 8, replacing David Letterman as the host of the US late-night show. …

Yet another coda on the era of physical entertainment product comes Monday in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition of Filmed Entertainment Inc., parent of Columbia House. Columbia House was once famous for operating a mail-order business that enticed consumers with the prospect of cheap records and videotapes. Magazine advertisements touting “11 records or tapes for…

How successful has Apple Music actually been? While an initial report of 11 million trial subscribers certainly looks good on paper, the question remains over how many of these trial users will turn into paid subscribers….

What are artists missing in their online promotion? Here we look at a new app that allows bands to reward fans for their support in way that has, as of yet, not been easily achievable through channels like Facebook and iTunes….

Live Nation’s announced its second-quarter earnings on an Aug. 10 call painting a mostly healthy picture of the live entertainment giant. In the quarter ended June 30, Live Nation’s revenue rose 12 percent to $1.86 billion at constant currency. (All figures are reported at constant currency.) Operating income declined 13 percent to $48.4 million. The concerts…

The American Federation of Musicians pension fund is suing Atlantic Records, Hollywood Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group  and Warner Brothers Records for failing to make pension fund contributions….

Google is changing its operating structure and will become part of a holding company called Alphabet. Alphabet will house the main Google businesses such as search, maps and YouTube, along with businesses managed separately such as Fiber, Nest and investing arms like Google Ventures….

Drake‘s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late becomes the first album released in 2015 to sell a million copies in the U.S., as the set sold another 8,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Its cumulative total now stands at 1.007 million….