Industry

The BBC have confirmed that Radio 1's long-time host Zane Lowe will be departing the broadcaster as he moves to the US with his family for a new career at Apple Inc. Announcing the news moments ago, Lowe will leave his coveted weekday shows...

Many didn't expect Spotify to last longer than a year, however now the streaming service has entered its sixth year of trading, the debate continues over the impact the service has on both the industry and artists. Leading music publication NME recently spoke to...

Will Kennard, one half of dance maestros Chase and Status, has unveiled to the BBC his plans to open a free school in London's East End, aimed at developing musical talent in the area. In a short film for BBC1's 'This Week', Kennard explains his...

Channel 4 have confirmed that C4, 4Music and E4 will play host to the broadcasting coverage of next month's iTunes Festival. Whilst final times have yet to be confirmed, it's likely that the shows will be broadcast not long after the event, however Wednesday...

Fresh in, Justin Timberlake has freshley relaunched much beleaguered social networking site Myspace, again, but this time with a little help from his friends. Featuring Pharrell Williams and Mac Miller amongst others, the new video (below) looks to portray the site as a one-stop...

Spotify have announced major upgrades to their platform during a live-streamed event earlier today. The service which has streamed over 25 billion hours of music in its seven-year history to date, announced further additions, moving the service further ahead than just its audio background. First on...

Remember a few years ago when record labels tried to shut down every music video they could on YouTube? There was of course obvious sense in that (from their POV), however the consumer persisted and eventually labels realised the might of the visual web...

Tonight's TIDAL press launch has been met with some of the world's biggest artists doing their best to literally break the internet, as some of the industry's who's-who unveiled the service, aka, the first-ever artist-owned global music and entertainment platform. Set to rival the likes...

Following months of speculation, Google has today confirmed they are entering the music-streaming service, with their new product, YouTube Music Key. Set to being roll-out today via an invite-only beta, YouTube Music Key will see the site allow viewers to watch music videos on a...

Music discovery website Last.fm has teamed up with Spotify, the web services have confirmed. Spotify have made their full catalogue available to Last.fm users, the latest cog of 'refreshment' for the site who is currently undergoing some big changes - the site recently teamed...