Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100 broadband subscribers who were accused of pirating songs. The subscribers "were the ...

The labels generally ask for digital partners to front an advance, not unlike how they worked with the record clubs of yesteryear. When a contract expires, there's often a difference between the ...

The names on this list may surprise you, ... Kanye West was rejected by a multitude of record labels before he was signed by Roc-A-Fella.

It looks like the record industry wasn’t kidding. Three weeks after announcing that it planned to sue those who share songs online, the Recording Industry Assn. of America has obtained federal ...

Citing ‘en masse’ copyright infringement, the RIAA and labels sued Udio, the company behind the hit track, and Suno, an AI music company with a Microsoft partnership. Citing ‘en masse ...

Founder of the Headies Awards, Ayo Animashaun, has stated that due to the harsh financial realities facing many Nigerian musicians, only a handful of top stars and record labels are genuinely making ...

Record labels are the vehicles through which music lovers were introduced to their superstars, the vessels that birth legends, and unforgettable eras that shape the music industry. From Death Row ...

Why Record Labels Still Matter. ByDanny Ross, ... We thought they both had cool names, and their music was really good. I started talking to them and they sent me more songs.

While record labels still stand behind the majority of chart-topping big names, an increasing number of younger emerging musicians are pursuing alternative routes to putting out music — and a ...

The RIAA, a trade group for record labels, is seeking damages of as much as $150,000 “per work infringed.” That could amount to potentially billions of dollars.