Sony/ATV has had a lock on the No. 1 spot in the publishers ranking for three years running. But the second quarter of 2015 saw the company holding its lead by just 0.3 percent — and, for the first time since Sony/ATV began administering EMI Music Publishing in July 2012, its market share dipped below…

One Direction is the first major act to launch a new single without an accompanying video on YouTube, Claire Atkinson points out in the New York Post. Nope, you won’t find an official “Drag Me Down” clip anywhere on the video colossus. You can, however, watch a clip of 1D’s live performance of the song on ABC’s Good Morning America, attracted 6.6…

Designing and selling your own merch can be a fun and exciting process, but it can also be an expensive one. Here are some tips for how avoid some common merch pitfalls create a product fans will want to buy….

To some, it’s a dating app. To others, it’s a shortcut to no-strings coitus. But is Tinder, with its 50m users, hurting the live music scene? According to one promoter, it certainly “has a lot to answer for”….

Billboard is an august and historic music business publication. Since its first ever issue was published a (pretty astonishing) 121 years ago, the magazine has honorably and authoritatively carved out its reputation as the ‘bible’ of the US music industry. There are writers employed there today who uphold these traditions with impressive skill – journalists…

Following its massive $60.2 million debut weekend, N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton is expected to land in the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend as well, beating out a trio of newcomers….

Next Big Sound offered one of the most complete sets of data in the music industry, but its about to lose a key data providers. Now that Next Big Sound is owned by Pandora, Soundcloud has decided it no longer wanted to share its data feed….

As the Internet has leveled many power blocs of the old music business, playlists have become valuable currency in streaming’s new world order, so much so that record companies now actively promote — and sometimes pay for — their songs to appear on such services as Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music….

Diplo has revealed that the Major Lazer hit ‘Lean On’ was turned down by both Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. The single is taken from Major Lazer’s recent third album ‘Peace Is The Mission’ and features DJ Snake plus vocals from Danish singer MØ. In a new interview with Time, the Major Lazer member and producer explains how…

If you subscribe to a subscription music service such as Spotify or Apple Music you probably pay $10 a month. And if you are like most people, you probably do so believing your money goes to the artists you listen to.Unfortunately, you are wrong….