Frank Ocean has cancelled his performance at Los Angeles’ FYF Fest this weekend, with Kanye West announced to replace him as headliner. A press release delivered by the festival on Thursday afternoon confirmed that “Frank Ocean has decided on his own terms to cancel his appearance”. …

  For many artists, sending a regular e-newsletter to fans can be a good way to stay connected and keep them up-to-date, but it’s important to keep in mind that there are certain limitations and restrictions on what can and must be included in these mass communications….

Being a record label today means something very different from what it did twenty years ago, and success can be hard to come by. These labels are experimenting with new ways of releasing music, and redefining what it means to be a record label.   Lets face it: the record industry is broken. But There’s hope. We explored all the ways these…

ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has announced the creation of a new Global Customer Service team. The US collection society says that the ‘centralization of all global customer service support functions into a single global unit will deliver a best-in-class customer service experience that will result in rapid resolution of customer…

Backlash is almost expected once popular companies decide to alter their terms of service — you get your buzzword-chocked hot takes from smart or famous people, followed by viral outrage, and finally, cancelations (or threats of them, at least). For Spotify, the condemnation over its new set of terms and privacy guidelines has followed this…

Seated in her third-floor office at Universal Music Group’s ­headquarters in Santa Monica, Wendy Goldstein is ­experiencing a welcome bout of deja vu. Last August, Ariana Grande‘s MTV Video Music Awards performance helped launch the singer’s sophomore album, My Everything, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Sept. 13, 2014 and hasn’t left the top 100…

Fifty-plus years after ABC introduced the concept, upfronts are sweeping the music industry. In an effort to streamline the decades-old practice of “face-to-face combat,” as one high-ranking music executive described the act of individual meetings laying out a label’s priorities to key tastemakers, programmers and potential business partners, savvy, if not tardy, music companies have adopted something akin to the TV…

  If ease of use is what ultimately wins the streaming music race, iHeartRadio just pulled ahead with the addition of an extension for Google’s Chrome browser that lets you multitask and control your listening without having to navigate away from what’s on your screen….

Apple Music has already lost 48 percent of its trial users, according to figures released this week by from its 5,000-person survey of U.S. consumers. MusicWatch found that 48 percent of iOS users that have tried Apple Music say they are not currently using the service. This would suggest millions of people won’t subscribe when the trials…

UTA also is receiving a personal investment from San Francisco’s Jeffrey Ubben, who becomes its first non-agency shareholder. UTA’s banner year continues. The company has closed a deal to acquire The Agency Group, the world’s largest independent music agency, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. …