Here's a full breakdown of the plan, based on Billboard's reporting, including streaming thresholds, fraud fees and minimum track lengths.

Amendments to the deal made three years ago extended the agreement through 2027 - presenting a puzzle for both parties.

Over the weekend, a track called "Heart on My Sleeve,"allegedly created with artificial intelligence to sound like it was by Drake and The Weeknd, became the hottest thing in music. By Monday evening, it was all but gone after most streaming platforms pulled it. But in that short time online, it earned thousands of dollars.

The assets, which could be worth more than $1 billion, include music and production music from the company’s TV and film projects.

Yung Lean’s 2013 hit “Ginseng Strip 2002” was the app’s most-used song in 2022, boosting streaming and bringing a solid payday.

The record label says it’s owed millions in monthly payments and for copyright infringement since it terminated their licensing agreement earlier this month.

A quarter of the way through the decade, here are the 2020s moments that have brought the music industry to where it is now.

McFarland has been released from the Milan Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan, where he was being held, according to the Bureau of Prisons website and confirmed by his attorney Jason Russo. He is now under the management of Residential Reentry Management New York - the administrative office overseeing halfway houses located in southern New York, eastern New York and New Jersey.

The album and the $200 devices that play it fail to meet Billboard’s chart eligibility requirements.

The artists are each giving up more than 10% of their annual revenue to take a stand against COVID-19 misinformation, Billboard estimates.

Travis Scott's lawyer is pointing out inconsistencies in the Houston police chief's statements around the deaths at Astroworld, while calling for an end to "finger-pointing."

BTS is ending its distribution deal with Sony Music and is headed to Universal Music Group for a licensing and distribution deal through Geffen/INgrooves/UMG.

Wealth management firm Bernstein noticed its clients were weighing whether to buy or sell their publishing rights. So they customized a forecasting tool called the Wealth Forecasting System specifically for the publishing space.

“You have to adapt,” he tells Billboard. “You can’t have old rules for new games. No other business in the world would suggest you don’t adapt to a completely new supply chain and income sources.”

Grassroots music venues in the U.K. are to benefit from new cost-cutting measures introduced in the British government's annual budget on Wednesday.

Billboard is changing the rules to its album charts, affecting the way sales will be counted on those tallies in respect to merchandise bundles. The new rules go into effect Jan. 3, 2020.

A little over two months ago, the world didn't even know about K-pop group SuperM. Yet this week the seven-piece band turned heads when it landed a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 with its first-ever LP, 'The 1st Mini Album,' driven almost entirely by album sales.

Lij Shaw is challenging metro code that prohibits home businesses from serving clients on-site.

But there's still ample room to grow paid subscribers, according to MusicWatch's audiocensus Q2 2019 report on U.S. music consumption and listening habits.

The U.S. recorded music industry is still seeing strong double-digit growth, up 18% over the first six months of 2019, according to the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) mid-year report published Thursday (Sept. 5). That continues an upward trend sparked in 2016 led increasingly by streaming's dominance, now accounting for 80% of total $5.4 billion revenues at retail.

After nearly a decade in the music business, Andrew Mains left it behind to become a cannabis consultant.

On June 21, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against UMG on behalf of artists whose master recordings are believed to have been destroyed in a 2008 fire on the Universal Studios backlot where they were stored. The main issue: To whom did the masters belong?

From NBC to the MMA to the 30 people behind “Sicko Mode,” songwriters are at the center of the cultural conversation -- and navigating more complex challenges than ever before. Here are answers to the 12 key questions facing today’s behind-the-scenes hitmakers.

Perhaps nothing competes more closely with music for fans' ears these days than podcasts -- so now the music industry is cranking out its own.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released two reports on Thursday (April 25) regarding threats to American creators around the world.

Until 2018, when users posted videos with snippets of songs, copyright holders often had them taken down. Now the social network is friending the industry by licensing content.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has said that contact is why she eventually withdraw her involvement from the case.

The internet service provider allegedly failed to "take reasonable measures to curb customers from using its Internet services to infringe on others’ copyrights."

Tencent Music (TME) stock dropped 10.29 percent on Wednesday (March 20), following the Chinese tech giant's first quarterly earnings report since going public in the U.S.

He played a key role in bringing Presley to RCA from Sun Records and then toured and traveled with the now-iconic rocker. He also tried to bring Johnny Cash to the label, but was ultimately unsuccessful after RCA failed to support the move. 

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Tuesday announced the election of its new board of directors, including nine new members. The board members will serve a four year term, lasting until 2022.

After 15 years in the role, Greene is leaving to partner on the launch of a new boutique marketing firm "focusing on the intersection of music, sports, and entertainment." 

Leading DJ music source Beatport and subscription-based digital DJ record pool DJcity announced they would be combining their resources to launch Beatsource, a new digital music retail experience for open-format DJs.

Former MusiCares/Grammy Foundation vice president Dana Tomarken has filed a lawsuit against The Recording Academy, taking legal action on allegations she first detailed last year in a letter to the organization's board of trustees.

As the service misses payments to artists, the company has come under fire -- and the future of music crowdfunding is in jeopardy.

PledgeMusic announced it would suspend accepting contributions to its active crowdfunding and presale campaigns on Wednesday until further notice.

The career-long publisher Kenny MacPherson, founder and president of Big Deal Music, talks reaching the top 10 of his sector while maintaining a "high touch" with artists.

Rogers will rejoin the company as a volunteer strategic advisor and observer to the board.

"I can deal with failure, I can deal with excuses, but incompetence is just something that drives me crazy," says Fastball manager Peter Wark. "Just tell me what the f***'s up."

Women's rights group UltraViolet comissioned the signage demanding RCA Records drop the accused sexual predator.