The end is nigh for Beats Music, the curation-loving streaming service that was purchased (and replaced) by Apple. “Beats Music ends on November 30,” the company says in a new support message, adding that all subscriptions will be canceled and users should switch to Apple Music “right now.”…

-Revolt is set to premiere Breaking Genres — a special series exploring the dismissal of music genres in the millennial era — on Nov. 16 (8 p.m. ET). Quincy Jones, Rick Rubin, Diplo, Damon Albarn, RZA, Nas, Erykah Badu, Common, 50 Cent and Aloe Blacc are among the more than 80 artists, producers and record executives interviewed for the five-part, 30-minute series two years in the making….

Vevo has updated its iPhone app to make it easier for users to find their favorite videos and, even better, learn about new ones. Calling it a “new mobile experience that puts the user at the center of everything we do,” the new version lets you favorite artists, playlists and videos, and then manage those…

Apple Music is looking for a few good publisher relations employees to ensure songwriters around the world get paid — with an emphasis on that big red nation in Asia: China. The streaming music service launched in the world’s most populous country in late September with the same three-month free trial as the U.S., and now the…

The adroit and android enthusiasm targeted towards those attending press previews of apps, initiatives and announcements always falls just outside that which would make a normal human being feel comfortable. It’s a fake situation that is adversarial in nature, dressed in good manners. But when T. Jay Fowler (YouTube’s director of product management and the…

Spotify has joined the procession of streaming services trying to help artists sell more concert tickets. The company announced Thursday a new feature called Concerts that recommends nearby concerts. The feature has immediately started rolling out on Spotify’s iOS and Android apps. …

Facebook has revealed its new app Notify, and Billboard is partnering with the company to bring exclusive content to the new platform. The new service offers instant notifications to your phone from your favorite sources. For Billboard, that means all the music news you want — delivered directly to your iPhone’s lock screen. You can get it now from the App Store. Here’s…

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has upgraded its publicly available online database to reveal what percentage share of public performance rights it represents for over 10 million compositions. With 555,000 members, ASCAP is the first US public performance rights organization to go public with licensable share data….

Jeff Buckley, the remarkable and influential troubadour who left us too soon, will be celebrated with a posthumous release of newly unearthed early studio recordings. The new album, You and I, is loaded with covers from Bob Dylan, the Smiths, Led Zeppelin and others and is scheduled to drop on March 11, 2016 through Columbia/Legacy Recordings….

With just two days before the Nov. 13 release of One Direction‘s Made in the A.M. and Justin Bieber‘s Purpose, retail and label industry sources tell Billboardthe match-up will be close. “It seems that they are running neck-and-neck,” says Alliance Entertainment senior vp of purchasing and marketing Laura Provenzano. “Their numbers are the same in terms of IOs [initial orders] from our…