From Phonographs to Spotify: A Brief History of the Music Industry

From the invention of the phonograph in 1877 to the boom in streaming services today, the music industry has had to ...
USA Today

Lilith Fair doc explores how it changed the music industry and gave women a voice

The premise of Lilith Fair was simple: Make female musicians matter. In the late 1990s, with radio programmers refusing to play songs from female artists in succession and concert promoters reluctant ...
Time

The History of Music Copyright—Before (Taylor’s Version)

Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Rolling Out

The Weeknd nears historic $1B music deal

Abel Tesfaye, the enigmatic artist known globally as The Weeknd, stands at the precipice of music industry history. Sources close to negotiations reveal that the performer is engaged in preliminary ...