Major record labels' 2024 was about acquiring indie music companies and expanding their artist services footprints around the world.

Warner was allegedly hesitant to sign any pact with SoundCloud until the company promised to deliver a premium subscription offering to consumers sometime in the first half of 2015.

SoundCloud Signs Deal with Third and Final Major Label, Sony Music. Eric Skelton. March 18, 2016. Share. Image via Digital Trends. Having already ...

That Ghost signed with a big label shouldn’t come as a surprise, but that they didn’t sign with Roadrunner — whose staff blanketed the NYC show a few months back and from what I’m told pursued Ghost ...

Spotify, though, has insisted it can’t make exceptions to its give-everything-away model. “Any content you restrict on your free service is going to be all over those places where no one pays ...

A MIDiA Research survey found creators overwhelming want tools to run their businesses, not major label record deals. Artists Want Tools to Break Through the Noise — But Not From Labels ...

Throughout 21 Savage's wildly successful 2016, a lot of us wondered whether he would sign a deal with a label or remain on the independent path that has worked so well for him up to this point ...

Verizon Hit With $2.6B Anti-Piracy Lawsuit From Major Record Labels. Universal, Warner and Sony take issue with the internet service provider failing to boot users who repeatedly downloaded ...

TESCO has revealed a new label that can be seen on more than 450 items. The supermarket giant has switched things up with its M-tick logo that started appearing on products this week. The aim of th… ...

MixCloud just became the latest music-streaming startup to begin inking licensing deals with the major labels. The user-uploaded radio and mixtape site just signed on with Warner Music, signaling ...

Two “American Idol” alumni — Gabby Barrett and Alejandro Aranda — as well as viral star Greyson Chance all announced new major label recording contracts this week. Barrett, who finished in ...