T-Shirt Could Charge Your Phone At Music Fests

By Carey Hodges at 4:30 PM on June 22, 2011

The isolated locations of most music festivals and problems like lifeless cell phones go hand in hand, but a recent test-drive of the “Sound Charge” t-shirt at England’s Glastonbury festival effectively demonstrated that our dependence on electrical outlets could become a thing of the past....  read more

Apple Creates Cloud, Monetizes Music Piracy

By Josh Jackson at 3:21 PM on June 6, 2011

Apple’s presentation at WWDC 2011 today began with a preview of the new OS X Lion, got more interesting with some key new features for iOS5, and ended with “one more thing” about the new iCloud. Apple’s new system leapfrogs Google and Amazon with iTunes Match....  read more

Apple Signs Cloud Service Deal With EMI?

By China Reevers at 4:30 PM on May 19, 2011

CNET reports that Apple has signed a cloud music licensing agreement with EMI Music and will likely soon close deals with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group....  read more

Artists Likely Won't Get a Cut of the RIAA-LimeWire Settlement

By China Reevers at 3:37 PM on May 18, 2011

The major labels may have won their case against LimeWire, but recording artists may not receive any of the settlement....  read more

Relentless Records Sues Coca-Cola Over Energy Drink

By China Reevers at 5:00 PM on May 16, 2011

Coca-Cola’s Relentless energy drink, available only in the U.K., may soon have to change its name due to a legal dispute....  read more

Major Labels Settle Suit with LimeWire

By Nathan Spicer at 3:35 PM on May 13, 2011

After a five-year legal battle over music piracy, major record companies settled a copyright infringement lawsuit against LimeWire, the peer-to-peer file-sharing network, for $105 million....  read more

Google Releases YouTube 100 Chart

By China Reevers at 1:00 PM on May 13, 2011

Billboard’s Hot 100 may soon be obsolete in terms of ranking music, a fact made all the more relevant by the release of the YouTube 100....  read more

Microsoft Purchases Skype for $8.5 Billion

By China Reevers at 5:35 PM on May 10, 2011

Microsoft announced its acquisition of the communications service Skype for $8.5 billion....  read more

Google Launches Cloud Music Player

By China Reevers at 2:45 PM on May 10, 2011

Google has launched its music service without signing any deals with major labels, and it is available now....  read more

Live Nation, Groupon Partner for GrouponLive

By China Reevers at 11:32 AM on May 9, 2011

Live Nation Entertainment and Groupon recently announced the launch of GrouponLive, a new online ticketing venture....  read more

Warner Music Sells For Roughly $3.3 Billion

By China Reevers at 12:00 PM on May 6, 2011

The Warner Music Group has agreed to sell itself to billionaire Len Blavatnik for about $3.3 billion....  read more

Warner Bros. Acquires Flixster

By China Reevers at 5:20 PM on May 4, 2011

Warner Bros. has inked an agreement with Flixster; as a part of the deal, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will also gain movie review website Rotten Tomatoes. Under the agreement Flixster will remain autonomous, but will work with the entertainment group to expand its services....  read more

Spotify Launches New Features

By China Reevers at 4:15 PM on May 4, 2011

Spotify recently launched new features, including one that will allow users to sync the songs in their Spotify playlists to their iPods....  read more

New York Times, Los Angeles Times Among 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

By China Reevers at 5:45 PM on April 19, 2011

The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced recently, with The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times both earning two awards....  read more

Arcade Fire, Twitter, Angry Birds Earn Webby Nominations

By China Reevers at 5:00 PM on April 12, 2011

Arcade Fire, Twitter and the Angry Birds mobile game are just a few to be nominated for this year’s Webby Awards....  read more

The Comedy Awards Winners Include Zach Galifianakis and Tina Fey

By Nathan Spicer at 3:00 PM on April 11, 2011

Comedy Central aired the inaugural edition of The Comedy Awards last night, and winners include ABC’s Modern Family, Zach Galifianakis for Dinner With Schmucks and Tiny Fey for Date Night, among others....  read more

YouTube Announces New Live Streaming Page

By China Reevers at 1:15 PM on April 11, 2011

YouTube has just unveiled a new feature that allows select users to stream live video 24/7....  read more

The Grammys Cut Categories for 54th Annual Awards Ceremony

By China Reevers at 2:00 PM on April 7, 2011

The Recording Academy announced multiple changes to The Grammys yesterday, including the decision to chop the number of categories from 109 to 78....  read more

Peabody Awards Recognize Record Number of Recipients

By China Reevers at 5:40 PM on March 31, 2011

The oldest awards in broadcasting celebrated their 70th year by honoring a record number of recipients this year....  read more

Assessing Amazon's New Cloud Player

By George Howard at 1:55 PM on March 29, 2011

Amazon unveiled their digital locker today. Anyone with an Amazon.com account can currently upload 5GB of material to their “Cloud Drive.” Photos, documents, music or videos can be slurped off your computer and stored on Amazon’s servers....  read more