Behind the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the announcement on Monday of a Pandora-Rdio deal became the music industry’s main topic of discussion this week. As Rdio files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Pandora has agreed to purchase some of the company’s technology and intellectual property, pending court approval, and will hire of some Rdio employees….

Viewers tuning into Empire last night (Nov. 18) were introduced to a new storyline. Middle son Jamal (Jussie Smollet) landed a commercial deal with Pepsi after being named the beverage company’s next breakthrough artist. The My Bad Parts episode also marked the first integration in Pepsi’s real-life sponsorship of the popular Fox television series….

Adele is going for a milestone. Sources reveal that Columbia Records will ship 3.6 million physical copies of the singer’s new album 25 in the U.S., which would probably mark the largest number of new-release CDs shipped in the past decade. The last album to ship more than that would have been *NSYNC‘s “No Strings Attached, which shipped 4.2…

For all the talk of how streaming services like Spotify and Pandora help music fans find the type of artists who don’t get terrestrial radio play or television coverage, not as much attention has been paid to how that exposure translates to ticket sales. Though quietly at first, these companies have built up ways for…

1. Vinyl is a booming part of the business, but it’s being held back. Growing at a rate of 38.4 percent year over year, the old-school technology moved 5.6 million units in 2015. Vinyl sales would have been even bigger, says Passman, if existing vinyl-manufacturing plants were not already operating at capacity to meet demand….

Ticketfly wants to improve its ticketing platform by making the lives of promoters easier. A new product, named Ticketfly Promoter, will help promoters with such tasks as tracking holds and managing multiple venues. …

I meet many very talented entrepreneurs who are great at what they do. Often I’ll hear them using that common phrase, “if you want it done right, do it yourself”, and upon further discussion they’ll almost always reveal that they struggle with the act of delegation. It can be an incredibly hard concept to embrace…

In the wake of multiple terrorist attacks in Paris, live music promoters large and small are promising to step up security. But most are remaining vague about exactly what that means or how it will effect concert goers….

Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty album, the O’Jays’ “For the Love of Money,” Fleetwood Mac’s eponymous 1975 album and Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful” are among the 26 new recordings that will be inducted into The Recording Academy’s Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016. Now in its 43rd year, the Grammy Hall of Fame brings to 1,013 its total number of…

Univision Now costs $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year and allows for live viewing of the Univision and UniMas broadcast networks and some on-demand access. Univision Communications said Wednesday it has launched Univision Now, a direct-to-consumer service available on iOS, Android and online with a monthly or annual subscription fee….