Lyor Cohen is more than just the boss of YouTube Music. From Rush Productions and Def Jam in the early days of the rap game, through running Warner Music and ...
Music industry executives and trade bodies have welcomed the passing of the Music Modernisation Act by the House of Representatives.
The bill won bipartisan support for the need to update ...
The Digital Music Association (DiMA) and Association of Independent Publishers (AIMP) have welcomed the introduction of the Music Modernization Act in the US Congress.
The legislation would reform the music ...
The streaming boom has powered America’s recorded music revenues for 2017, as the total rose by 16.5% to $8.7 billion, according to the latest figures from the Recording Industry Association ...
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has issued a mid-year report showing retail revenues up to $3.98 billion (£2.95 billion), a 17% increase on a year ago. Paid subscription ...
A leading YouTube ripping site is to shut down after agreeing a settlement with the RIAA.
Last year record labels took legal action against YouTube-MP3.org, the world’s largest site dedicated ...
The BPI is the latest record label industry body to respond with a degree of incredulity to the widely discussed blog by YouTube’s head of music, Lyor Cohen. The ...
The Recording Industry Association of America has responded strongly to YouTube’s head of music, Lyor Cohen, who took to the company blog to post his thoughts on the ad-supported streaming ...
Songwriters from across the globe have come together in an unprecedented alliance to protest the RIAA’s refusal to recognise the moral rights of songwriters.
Songwriters’ moral rights have been protected ...
Katy Perry has made history by becoming the first artist to earn three RIAA Diamond Song Awards.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that Perry’s single Roar, ...
