Music Industry

"Cadillac Records" "Cadillac Records"

As Etta James, Beyoncé Knowles gives one of the year's best performances in this ensemble film about the legendary artists of a Chicago music label.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 5, 2008

  • Let's get Michael Jackson to tour the U.S.!

    We can't afford to go to London to see the creator of "Thriller." How can we persuade him to tour here?
    By Cary Tennis June 5, 2009

  • Like a Virgin Megastore, shut for the very last time

    All U.S. outlets of the music chain will be closed before summer in another sign that the record store as we knew it is dead.
    By Joy Press March 12, 2009

  • Ripping Nine Inch Nails

    Trent Reznor doesn't just want you to steal his new songs, he wants you to tear them up.
    By James Hannaham July 28, 2008

  • Rock vs. jazz

    For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
    By Gary Kamiya February 19, 2008

  • Should I play this cruise ship gig -- with my anxiety and depression?

    I'd love to go, but it's a nine-month contract and I'm afraid I'll want to jump overboard.
    By Cary Tennis July 30, 2008

  • Midlife crisis: I could have been a singer!

    I'm a mom with a 1-year-old and my life is passing before my eyes.
    By Cary Tennis June 22, 2007

  • Music industry slain by Internet: YouTube clip at 11

    More bad news for CD sales. Meanwhile, our access to Cambodian pop/surf guitar psychedelia is greater than ever before.
    By Andrew Leonard March 21, 2007

  • From Russia, with no love for copyright

    Cold War over: Allofmp3.com drops the bomb on the international music industry.
    By Andrew Leonard October 18, 2006

  • Pass the mike

    Def Jam went from a dorm room to a music empire. Its famous founders are gone -- is the label still good?
    By Mark Hatch-Miller October 20, 2005

  • King baby

    Walter Yetnikoff talks about running CBS Records in the '70s, Michael Jackson's strange habits -- and Janet Jackson's breasts.
    By Damien Cave April 1, 2004

  • Is pay-for-play finally finished?

    Congress has the music industry's modern-day payola scandal in its sights. But will that help the dying record biz save itself?
    By Eric Boehlert February 20, 2003

  • Will Congress tackle pay-for-play?

    Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
    By Eric Boehlert June 25, 2002

  • Napster's wake

    The company that launched a thousand rips may be dead, but the movement it launched continues to thrive -- and to make a mockery of the music industry's pathetic online offerings.
    By Janelle Brown May 17, 2002

  • Music industry in the pits!

    Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting!
    By Eric Boehlert December 19, 2001

  • Courtney Love's big Sacramento adventure

    The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California Legislature.
    By Anthony York September 6, 2001

  • What's wrong with the rock 'n' roll biz, you ask?

    People are treated like ATM machines, that's what! Readers sound off on the music industry's woes.
    July 20, 2001

  • What's wrong with the music biz?

    Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too.
    By Eric Boehlert July 19, 2001

  • Fighting pay-for-play

    Sources in the music industry call for a federal clampdown on the new payola.
    By Eric Boehlert April 3, 2001

  • Pay for play

    Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse.
    By Eric Boehlert March 14, 2001

  • Where the boy bands aren't

    The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over?
    By Eric Boehlert January 17, 2001

  • Ian MacKaye

    After 20 years, the Fugazi frontman and co-owner of Dischord Records is still a punk and a prince.
    By Peter Brandt January 8, 2001

  • In defense of (Napster) collusion

    Music consumers will benefit if Bertelsmann can convince the major record labels to conspire.
    By Eric Boehlert November 2, 2000

  • License to be good

    By Andrew Leonard
    By October 2, 2000

  • License to be good

    In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life.
    By Andrew Leonard September 22, 2000
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