One upside of declining revenue from the sale of recorded music has been record execs finally rethinking their assets in search of creative ways to make money.  The world’s largest music group, Universal, is now hoping thatfilm will be one of its major revenue boosters….

BET Networks and AEG have slated June 23-26 as the dates for the 2016 BET Experience at L.A. Live presented by Coca-Cola. Earlier this summer, the parties extended their partnership for three years with the BET Experience now running through 2018….

Compton is coming on strong. Just two days after Dr. Dre announced the existence of his inspired by-soundtrack to the wildly buzzing N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton(due 8/14), the star-studded Aftermath/Interscope set, Compton, A Soundtrack, is making mad stacks in preorder ahead of its 8/7 release. It will be an Apple exclusive, at least initially….

One Direction’s new single, Drag Me Down, is way out in front on the Global Spotify Top 50 chart, clocking up 3.11m plays on the service in the past day. Despite new songs typically needing more time to climb the Spotify charts, Drag Me Down’s performance after being released on Friday (July 31) puts it…

Apple Music is already generously offering consumers three months of free access around the world. Now it’s extending that free trial to 12 months in Australia – so long as you’re willing to switch your mobile network to local player Telstra. A new Apple-endorsed bundle from the operator offers users a full year free to Apple Music…

AMRA, the collections society formerly known as the American Mechanical Rights Agency, has announced an agreement to handle royalty collections for Apple Music. According to AMRA, which was quietly acquired last year by independent music publishing and rights management company Kobalt ahead of a relaunch announcement last month, the deal is worldwide except for the United States…

Big telecom companies are taking the fight against “net neutrality” rules to court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has agreed to hear oral arguments on Dec. 4 in lawsuits challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s new regulations on broadband speeds and access, Reuters reports….

Following your dreams is no easy feat. Life tries to bring us down and convince us to give up, but there comes a time when you have this profound instinct to just keep going. Something internal is driving you, pushing you. Overcoming self-doubt and facing these challenges head on is what ultimately gets us where…

As of today — Monday, August 3, 2015 — there is still music piracy in China. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, even though the country’s National Copyright Administration gave streaming media providers  until last Friday, July 31, to remove all unlicensed content from their sites….

In a major European expansion, Live Nation Entertainment has formed Live Nation Concerts Germany in partnership with leading German promoter Marek Lieberberg to promote concerts and festivals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland beginning Jan. 1, 2016….