Steve Knopper

Google and subcontractor Cognizant are accused of “union-busting,” though they contend that the 43 affected workers’ contracts had reached a “natural end date.”

The company is the only major label so far to change accounting for Pandora royalties since it introduced on-demand streaming.

While some in the industry are concerned about the lack of public support from artists thus far, others say it’s not time to panic just yet.

The high-profile performances, once a staple of every rollout, don’t capture the same audiences they used to — but for some, the expense remains worth it.

Layoffs earlier this year at the record labels were aimed at positioning companies for the music business of the future. Is radio still part of that outlook?

Attorneys for the biggest stars in the world send countless takedown notices annually, but it’s “a game of Whack-a-Mole, and it’s a constant every day,” one executive says.

As the music business continues to diversify, Western songwriters are finding increased opportunities — and success — collaborating with artists around the world.

The new offering, All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words, presents the full interviews from the writer’s 1980 conversations with the group.

With fewer clubs and iconic headliners, the business is in the process of reinventing itself with rising stars and a wider definition of the genre.

The rap beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has fans asking whether a cease-and-desist claim over a diss track is true. It probably wouldn’t matter.