Spotify may be getting the headlines, but ad supported online music streaming service, we7.com has spent the past week as the most popular music site in the UK based on page views, The figures for the week ending 03/10/09 come from online intelligence service Experian Hitwise."This is a significant milestone...

Blackberry and 7digital officially unveiled their MP3 Music Store on Tuesday morning, complete with - you guessed it - 7 million tracks. All four majors, as well as a long list of independents, are part of the catalog selection.The rollout is happening across the UK, US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany...

MySpace Music launched in Australia last week with all four major label groups plus indie labels from IODA and The Orchard. But left off the new service were some of the bigger names in down under indie music like The Temper Trap, Midnight Juggernauts, Nick Cave, Sia and significant local labels like...

In keeping with the historical flashback highlights accompanying China’s 60th anniversary celebrations, Music2.0 has decided to review recent music industry history in China and the one abiding feature that seems to have been dominant – music piracy. But more intriguingly, we examine how...

The music service, Spotify, which streams music has revealed in its blog that users will now be able to download tracks. The new service will only be available to Spotify premium subscribers, who will be able to use a special 'offline mode' to store up to 3,333 tracks on their computer's hard drive....

Greg Scholl, President and CEO of indie distribution powerhouse The Orchard is exiting the company amid overall staff reductions of 20%. Scholl is landing on his feat with a new undisclosed position already in place when he leaves the publicly traded company on November 1st. But 20% or about 20 of the...

The music ringtone market is continuing its steady decline, according to a new study from industry research firm IBISWorld. The company forecasts that revenue will decline for the second consecutive year down 15% to $750 million from its $880 million peak in 2007.Growing demand of downloads, worth an...

Just how much unassigned publishing revenues are major labels and publishers now haggling over? According to estimates shared this week with Digital Music News, the total amount of 'pending and unmatched' mechanical royalties is more than $400 million. Digital Music News first disclosed the presence...

The music piracy debate is dividing artists, labels and the music industry as a whole. Some artists, such as Blur sticksman Dave Rowntree, believe that there should be no legislative action taken against those using P2P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing networks, where the illegal uploading and...

The last decade has been tough on the album, and the CD tailspin is alive-and-well in 2009. Consumers have chosen cherry-picking, though an older, music-focused crowd at eMusic is showing a different preference. According to information shared this morning with Digital Music News, nearly 3 out of 4...