Spotify relies on the big labels for most of its music. It thinks that will change. The streaming music company wants to get more music — and more profitable music — from the little guys.

Last week, The New York Times announced a new AI licensing deal with Amazon. Now, the same strategy may be coming for the music industry. Bloomberg reports that Universal Music Group, Warner Music ...

As they fight in court to clamp down on piracy, the major record labels have also tried to coax music fans to switch from free downloading to paid services. Big Music Labels Have Digital Trust ...

Today, Universal Music Group, the largest of the big three, is so big that many of its labels—Capitol Records, Interscope, Def Jam, Republic— have their own subsidiaries.

The Black Label has become K-pop’s gold ticket once again. The powerhouse label joined forces with the team behind KPop Demon ...

However, a look at the Big Three labels — Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group — suggests quite the opposite: Revenues are growing, and margins are climbing ...

The licensing agreement makes Universal Music Group the last big label to sign on to Listen's Rhapsody service--a substantive accomplishment, but still a flawed one.

I would estimate that over 90% of the best music never gets commercial radio play and is not on big labels. Large chunks of big label music is not even very good. Britney Spears?

On Jan. 12, Big & Rich celebrated back-to-back Top 10 hits “Look at You” and “Run Away with You” with a party at Rich’s house attended by songwriters, music industry executives and McGraw.

Now the No. 1 K-pop music company by market capitalization ($6.5 billion), HYBE on Thursday (Feb. 9) announced it spent $334 million for a 14.8% stake in K-pop rival SM Entertainment, the company ...

The results of soon to be released earnings reports for the major record labels loom. Some investors expect the share prices of these major music stocks — Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG); Sony ...