Music Stories for 2019

Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Podcast? 277
Amazon's AI Creates Synthesized Singers 19
Cox Owes $1 Billion To Record Labels for Harboring Music Pirates, Jury Decides 87
Apple Pulls App That Let You Turn Your Phone Into a Virtual iPod With Click Wheel 39
Billboard Is Changing Its Albums Chart To Count Video Plays From YouTube 16
In a First, Amazon Launches a Battery-powered Portable Echo Speaker in India 25
Genius Sues Google For 'No Less Than $50M', Alleging 'Anticompetitive Practices' Over Lyrics 69
Study Reveals Music's Universal Patterns Across Societies Worldwide 45
'Royalty-Free' Music Supplied By YouTube Results In Mass Video Demonetization 156
Do You Remember MIDI Music Files? 112
Apple Unveils $250 AirPods Pro 98
40 Major Music Festivals Have Pledged Not To Use Facial Recognition Technology 22
Google Makes It Easier To Move Music and Video Streams Between Devices 15
Slashdot Asks: What Did You Like/Dislike About iTunes? 131
Microsoft's New Surface Earbuds Work With Any Virtual Assistant, Not Just Cortana 20
Developer Made an Ad Blocker That Works On Podcasts and Radio 31
Amazon Music Rolls Out Lossless Streaming Tier 48
Spotify Wants To Know Where You Live and Will Be Checking In 57
Sony Releases a Walkman For Its 40th Anniversary 96
Streaming Makes Up 80 Percent of the Music Industry's Revenue 32
Apple Releases Public Beta of Apple Music For Web 13
Spotify Triples Free-Trial Period on Premium Service 13
Spotify Plans To Sell a More Expensive Version of Its Music Service in Scandinavia in a Test To See Whether It Can Raise Prices Around the World 32
Apple, Spotify Discuss Siri Truce, as Antitrust Battle Looms 9
Google Attempts To Solve Podcasting's Discovery Problem By Embedding Playable Episodes in Search 57
Spotify Keeps Big Lead Over Apple Music But Disappoints With 108M Subscribers 37
Apple Plans To Bankroll Original Podcasts To Fend Off Rivals 50
Review: 'Solid State' by Jonathan Coulton 47
Amazon Continues Work On Mobile Home Robot As It Preps New High-End Echo, Says Report 52
Amazon Becomes Fastest-Growing Music Streaming Service 28
Parks and Recreation Centers Are Using Sonic Devices That Play High-Pitched Noises To Repel Teens 406
FCC Photos Confirm Galaxy Note 10 Won't Have a Headphone Jack 148
Spotify Shuts Down Direct Music Uploading For Independent Artists 136
Slashdot Asks: What Do You Remember About the Sony Walkman? 166
When You Listen, They Watch: Pre-Saving Albums Can Allow Labels To Track Users on Spotify 15
Spotify Wants a Refund On Overpaid Royalties To US Songwriters, Report Says 38
Music Industry Targets Troll Farms Distorting Streaming Revenues 52
YouTube and UMG Partner To Remaster Over 1,000 Iconic Music Videos From SD To Full-HD 84
Google Explains How It Licenses Song Lyrics For Search, Will Add Attribution 72
'Genius' Site Said It Used Morse Code To Catch Google Stealing Song Lyrics 157
We Won't Be Listening To Music in a Decade According To Vinod Khosla 246
Shazam for Android Now Recognizes Music Playing Through Headphones 44
Radiohead Release Hours of Hacked MiniDiscs To Benefit Extinction Rebellion 117
Teen Makes His Own AirPods For $4 123
iTunes Expected To Be Retired After Over 18 Years 82
Metadata is the Biggest Little Problem Plaguing the Music Industry 171
Apple Sued By iTunes Customers Over Alleged Data Misuse 29
MIDI Association Explains 'Capability Inquiry' Features In MIDI 2.0 35
Synthesizer Pioneer Bob Moog Gets His Own 'Moogseum' 49
TikTok Maker Set To Take on Spotify With Free New Music Streaming App 14
Why Play a Music CD? 'No Ads, No Privacy Terrors, No Algorithms' 241
Algorithmic Analysis Shows That Pop Music Is Sadder and Angrier Than Ever 224
'I Bought Some Noise-Canceling Headphones. They Don't Cancel Noise' 436
Amazon is Readying a High Fidelity Music Streaming Service: Report 84
Podcast Wars: $100 Million Startup Luminary To Launch Tomorrow Without Some Publicly Available Popular Podcasts 71
Microsoft Is Jumping Onto the Wireless Earbud Bandwagon, Says Report 38
Man Caught Wearing Earbuds With a Dead Phone Found Guilty of Distracted Driving 310
Apple Will Likely Replace iTunes on macOS With Standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV Apps in Next Major Update 51
Apple Music Caught Censoring Pro-Democracy Music In China 117
The Swedish DJ Who Invented Industrially-Manufactured Pop Music 110
Internet Archive Recovers Half a Million 'Lost' MySpace Songs 30
Google Play Artist Hub Shutting Down April 30 With Google No Longer Offering Direct Portal For Smaller Musicians 36
Dubstep Music Found To Protect Against Mosquito Bites, Says Study 99
iFixit Teardown Reveals Apple's New AirPods Are 'Disappointingly Disposable' 117
Warner Music Signs Record Deal With an Algorithm 52
Music Labels Sue Charter, Complain That High Internet Speeds Fuel Piracy 197
To Avoid Demonetization, YouTube and Twitch Streamers Sing Badly Over Copyrighted Songs 86
Musician Creates a Million-Hour Song Based On the Number Pi 65
Death Metal Music Inspires Joy Not Violence, Study Finds 170
Scientists Have Discovered a Shape That Blocks All Sound 179
Surprising Discovery Hints Sonic Waves Carry Mass 191
Spotify, Google, Pandora, Amazon Go To US Appeals Court To Overturn Royalty Increase 35
More People Bought Physical CDs and Vinyl Than Songs on iTunes Last Year 160
Listening To Music May Be Damaging Your Creativity 145
The Cassette Returns On a Wave of Nostalgia 224
Spotify Launches in India Amidst Legal Battle With Warner 14
Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts 267
How Streaming Music Could Be Harming the Planet 150
Spotify Bans Ad Blockers In Updated ToS 172
The Mystery Tracks Being 'Forced' on Spotify Users 63
Spotify Data Shows How Music Preferences Change With Latitude 40
Spotify Will Soon Let You Mute, Block Artists 44
Why High-Fidelity Streaming is the Audio Revolution Your Ears Have Been Waiting For 312
MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Prototyping 133
The Economics of Streaming is Making Songs Shorter 133
Larry Lessig Will Headline Friday's 'Grand Re-opening of the Public Domain' Event 21
Cassette Album Sales in the US Grew By 23% in 2018 133
Tidal Under Criminal Investigation In Norway Over 'Faked' Streams 28
USB Type-C Headphones Were Nowhere in Sight at CES 2019 197
Google Discontinues Chromecast Audio 88
Vinyl and Cassette Sales Continued To Grow Last Year 272
How YouTube's Domination of Streaming Clips the Market's Wings 97
Album Sales Are Dying as Fast as Streaming Services Are Rising 281
Video Games Now Account For More Than Half of UK Entertainment Market 49