With brick and mortar music stores no longer being the only (or even best) way for artists to get their music into the hands of fans, the distribution process has changed significantly. Here we offer ...

On a good day, Mark Cuban might respond to a journalist's query with a terse, unpunctuated e-mail that reads like something dashed off by a hostage while his captors are in the can. It's ...

The Rolling Stones, one of the last marquee holdouts against online music distribution, have finally agreed to sell their music online, according to record label EMI Music. The venerable rock band's ...

Music is not just about the creativity, there’s also a business side to it. In the past, there were vinyl records then tapes, then CDS and now the first place many of us go to for music is the ...

Platinum Records Distro – Here to help independent music artists and record labels succeed. Platinum Records Distro is a prestigious full-service music distribution company that helps independent ...

Online music distribution startup Kid Distro Holdings LLC, best known as Distrokid, today said it has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding to fuel the continued development of its tools. The ...

A few months ago the big record labels finally seemed to have tamed their biggest Internet foes, from Napster to MP3.com. But a threat potentially greater than California start-ups lurks on the other ...

Even as record labels ink a widening circle of deals to bring full commercial distribution of music to the Internet, the question remains: Will listeners pay for what used to be free? After years of ...

Last week, I noted how Napster's move to sell DRM-free music downloads from the "Big Four" music group (Universal, Sony, EMI and Warner) was a significant turning point in the demise of digital rights ...

WASHINGTON — Exposing their growing bitterness, music retailers said Tuesday that the major labels are trying to hog online music distribution and cut out the middlemen. In a letter to Recording ...

NEW YORK — Pressplay, the nascent online music distribution company formed by major labels Universal and Sony, is close to an agreement to offer its subscription-based music services on the music ...

Media conglomerate Bertelsmann is buying Myplay Inc., a leading online song-storage service, marking the third time since April that a major record label has bought a top online music company. Terms ...