Pandora Accused of Cheating

Record labels have now decided to sue Pandora in the New York Supreme Court for not issuing royalties to artists. Any artist recordings released before 1972 have not received any royalty payments. Pandora says these recordings are not covered by federal copyright and do not need to be paid out. Labels have been looking for … Continue reading →

Record Store Day 2014

The April 19th Record Store Day kicked off just like any other Record Store Day of the past. However, this year was different. Record Store Day had more releases that people actually cared about and some impressive stories behind the releases of the day. One of the releases that had a great story was Jack … Continue reading →

Walmart Shrinking CD Section

Walmart has decided yet again to shrink the stores floor space of music. This time the big box retailer is shrinking their stores music section by 40 percent. The shrinkage is a massive blow to the music industry, due to the fact that Walmart is the largest retailer of CDs in the United States. It … Continue reading →

CoolNerd

After the attendees and performers left SXSW, one company was still making a ripple effect. That company was CoolNerd; the company is a mobile device-charging kiosk. CoolNerd’s kiosk provides most connectors for mobile devices. More than likely you need about 15 minutes to charge your device and CoolNerd will keep you entertained by providing music, … Continue reading →

April Fools Day 2014

This was a great April Fools joke. Those who read Digital Music News know that they do not support Spotify and Pandora. The opening statement saying that Daniel Ek decided to release this statement with the online publication was beyond funny and amusing. The avid reader of Digital Music News would have known right off … Continue reading →