New online media called Bronze that’s pretty interesting. Will it be new alternative to mp3? Most likely not, but probably there is a place for it, specially for a jam band. Thanks to digital media, music lovers can listen to the newest tune from their favorite band whenever they want, however they want. Audio files […]

Adele’s latest album, “21,” is headed back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, as Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” will likely slip to No. 2 after two weeks leading the tally. If “21” returns to the top, it will mark the tenth non-consecutive week at No. 1 for the album. […]

The popular blues-rock duo The Black Keys hammered New York agency Della Femina Rothschild Jeary & Partners with two separate federal lawsuits last week for using their hit song “Tighten Up” to promote a New Jersey bank during the Grammy Awards without permission. The group is asking judges in Nashville and Manhattan, where the suits […]

Group buying site Groupon has its share of believers and nonbelievers. Live Nation believes in the company enough to start a partnership called GrouponLive, a service that offers bargains on tickets to concerts and other events. But there are plenty of people who look at Groupon as the embodiment of a second tech bubble. And […]

Industry sources report that Amazon sold some 440,000 downloads of the album – nearly all of which were the 99-cent version (a more expensive deluxe version is also available). So how much is Amazon losing? About $3.2 million over the two days the promotion ran, according to Billboard’s estimate. Here’s the math: For every unit […]