Battle Hymn

As music wars continue, ASCAP lays out a "bill of rights" for songwriters.

Apr 10 2008

Nothin' for Money

Bands are striking a posture of "MPFreeism" to appear digitally hip—without actually giving it all away.

Oct 31 2008

Fee for All

Jim Griffin will lead Warner Music's fight to tame the Web's lawless music frontier.

Mar 27 2008

360? Maybe Not.

Music renegade Live Nation may need big labels to distribute Madonna, Jay-Z, and its other star signings.

Jul 30 2008

Radiohead, Billy Bragg, Others Join to Demand Fair Treatment

British artists including Radiohead, Billy Bragg and Iron Maiden join sixty others to form the Featured Artists Coalition to voice concerns about digital sales and distribution

Oct 06 2008

Music Wars

A decades-old battle over music royalties escalates in the wake of an upcoming House bill.

Jun 24 2008

Hollywood's Pay TV Problem

Sumner Redstone’s squabbling companies aren’t the only Tinsletown players roiled by premium television’s demise.

Oct 02 2008

Denied!

Music-sharing site Muxtape gets caught red-handed by the R.I.A.A. in the industry's latest attempt to silence the Web.

Aug 21 2008

Bite of the Apple

A big deal with MySpace may give the music industry long-sought-after leverage with iTunes.

Apr 03 2008

Music Must-Dos

Wired.com assembles a list of the world's 10 hottest digital music websites.

Jul 07 2008

Material Woman

Madonna is said to be close to $120 million deal with Live Nation. 

Oct 11 2007

Warner's Music Man

Looking back at Edgar Bronfman's acquisition of the major music label, five years later.

Oct 15 2008

Future Pop

CDs are dead, and Korean impresario Jin-Young Park knows it. American music labels could learn a thing or two from the model he's built in South Korea.

Mar 27 2008

Pay the Piper

Yahoo, AOL, RealNetworks lose landmark royalties case to Ascap.

May 01 2008

Summertime Slump

So You Think You Can Watch: The Olympics and fresh cable offerings offer the most hope for TV’s second-string season.

May 21 2008

Billion-Dollar Boy Band?

The Jonas Brothers are tearing up the tween scene and are poised to become a nine-figure franchise for Disney.

Aug 14 2008

After the Radiohead Revolution

The music industry struggles with its digital future. 

Oct 15 2007

Hip Hop VC

Live Nation nears a $150 million deal with Jay-Z.

Apr 03 2008

Music Man

Austin City Limits festival promoter Charles Attal picks the bands that will appear in front of as many as 75,000 screaming fans this year.

Sep 21 2008

Drama Queen

Basic cable is breaking the broadcast networks' stranglehold on the creation of hit original shows, and Christina Wayne, for one, is transforming plain-vanilla channels into must-watch TV.

Sep 02 2008

Zuckervision

Jeff Zucker is trying to reinvent broadcast television. Not that he has any other choice.

Aug 13 2008

The Pirates Can't Be Stopped

A teenager hacked into the outfit charged with protecting companies like Sony, Universal, and Activision from online piracy—the most daring exploit yet in the escalating war between fans and corporate giants. Guess which side is winning.

Jan 14 2008

Musical Players

It’s time for the MTV awards, the recording industry’s annual video bacchanal. Meet six of the most influential tastemakers behind the hits.

Aug 13 2007

Stairway Surprise

A back-of-the-napkin analysis of the lifetime worth of the most requested rock tune in history.

Jun 16 2008

All Talk?

Combine talk radio with blogging and you just might have the next internet fad.

Feb 26 2008

Ladies' Nights

Cable executives are pulling out all the stops—changing character’s genders, reworking story lines, and developing a bevy of shows about women—in a bid to attract female viewers.

Sep 02 2008

A Music Rivalry, Conducted from the Grave

The 20th century's most famous conductors both hit posthumous milestones this year. Will Bernstein or Karajan do better dead?

Apr 03 2008

Zell's Sell

The former real estate mogul discusses his approach to newspapers.

Nov 24 2008

Big Media. Bad Idea

Ask any shareholder not named Murdoch or Redstone—big media just isn't working.

Oct 15 2008

Bad Vibes Over a Music Deal

Publishing veteran Dick Snyder says Edgar Bronfman Jr. jilted him in the Warner Music Group buyout–and $100 million should make things right.

Aug 13 2007