Industry Plug

American music fans will have to wait a little longer to try out much talked-about music streaming service Spotify...

As publisher of the Rock Band series, Electronic Arts (EA) has an important footprint within music gaming. But financial issues promise to curb development on newer titles, and a fresh round of 1,500 layoffs will shrink development brainpower...

After much delay, Lil Wayne’s highly-anticipated rock album, “Rebirth,” is now slated for a Dec. 15 release dateaccording to the Universal Music Group website. The ...

Robin Thicke is currently working on his next album Sex Therapy, scheduled to be in stores December 15th. Check out behind the scenes footage of Robin and Jay-Z recordingMeiple (pronounced ME-EYE-PLAY). Add This

It’s hard out here for a rapper, including 50 Cent. Gone are the days of frivolous spending. With the recession still impacting 50’s various business ventures, the Queens rapper is smartening up about his spending habits. “T...

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has agreed to acquire AdMob, a mobile ad network, for $750 million in stock. Release...

New York Native, Mary J. Blige sings the national anthem for Game 6 of the World Series between the Yankees and the Phillies.Blige admitted to being nervous, stating that this was her first baseball game ever. Add This

After relaunching their website last week, Essence magazine laid off its web team today citing budgetary reasons. “They told us it was downsizing,” says one Essence employee. “We’re very confused. We wor...

First, Courtney Love threatens to “sue the s—t” out of Activision for putting Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5, and now rock-ska band No Doubt is suing the company for turning it into a “virtual karaoke circus act” in Band Hero.At issue is the way that band members like Gwen Stefani are portrayed...

Mary J. Blige is going back to the Bronx. Major League Baseball says the Bronx-born singer will perform the national anthem at Yankee Stadium before Game Six of the World Series on Wednesday...

With recorded music sales still ebbing away, the only part of the industry that can truly make money from fans, conventional wisdom goes, is the live experience. But now EMI Music is trying to marry the two...

Despite reporting a revenue drop of 6 percent to $7.1 billion in Q3, a profit drop of 38 percent and confirming a $100 million charge for Q4 due to the latest Time Inc...

Twitter has partnered with Peek, a startup that makes low-cost mobile messaging devices, to launch TwitterPeek, a handset designed—essentially—for Twitterholics. Th...

eMusic owner JDS Capital’s private equity arm Dimensional Associates is negotiating with digital music and video distributor The Orchard to buy up all of the outstanding common stock it does not already own. ...