Music Stories for 2017

Amazon Music Ending Cloud MP3 Storage, Streaming Option 107
PSA: Spotify Now Available As a Snap For Linux 66
Plexamp, Plex's Spin on the Classic Winamp Player, Is the First Project From New Incubator Plex Labs 209
Apple Buys Shazam To Boost Apple Music 36
Apple Is Reportedly Buying Shazam For Nearly Half a Billion Dollars 60
YouTube to Launch New Music Subscription Service in March 59
Amazon Bringing Echo and Alexa To 80 Additional Countries in Major Global Expansion 38
Two Technologists Create Black Metal Album Using An AI 57
Why Apple's HomePod Is Three Years Behind Amazon's Echo 96
Stock Music Artists Aren't Always Happy About How Their Music Is Used 147
Apple's HomePod Gets Delayed Until 2018 49
Ask Slashdot: Can You Convert Old iPods Into A Home Music-Streaming Solution? 118
A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling 276
Pandora Loses 7 Million Listeners 115
Ambitious Augmented Reality Startup Doppler Labs Shuts Down 24
Is the Optical Cable Dying? 299
Virtual Singer Uses Crowdsourced Songs To Become a Star In Japan 96
Some Pixel 2 Users Are Complaining About A High-Pitched Whine and Clicking Noises 105
How Google's Pixel 2 'Now Playing' Song Identification Works 129
SUSE Shares Linux-Themed Music Video Parodies 28
Google Slashes Prices of Its USB-C Headphone Dongle Following Minor Outrage 198
Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will 380
Google Pixel Buds Are Wireless Earbuds That Translate Conversations In Real Time 163
Google Debuts Its $400 Google Home Max Speaker To Rival Apple's HomePod 60
Microsoft Shutters Groove Music, Will Move Users To Spotify 51
Donate Your Noise To Xiph/Mozilla's Deep-Learning Noise Suppression Project 119
More Are Paying To Stream Music, But YouTube Still Holds the Value Gap 43
Google Chrome Will No Longer Autoplay Content With Sound In January 2018 81
Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit 190
Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? 129
Hobbyist Gives iPhone 7 the Headphone Jack We've Always Wanted 194
Happy Music Boosts Brain's Creativity, Study Says 102
Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says 240
Popular YouTube Artist Uses AI To Record New Album 99
Another Crowdfunded Startup Takes Customers' Money, Then Shuts Downs 166
How the Voyager Golden Record Was Made 122
'Wing Commander' Music Composer Runs Kickstarter Campaign 39
Jonathan Coulton's New Dystopian Album Becomes a Graphic Novel 57
What Happened To Winamp? 332
How Hackers Can Use Pop Songs To 'Watch' You 33
YouTube Music Head Says Company Pays Higher Royalties Than Spotify in US 14
Crowdfunding Campaign Seeks a Libre Recording of a Newly-Completed Bach Work 87
SoundCloud Saved By $170 Million Emergency Funding As CEO Steps Aside 16
Watch Out Ticketmaster: Amazon In Talks To Offer Event Ticketing In US 67
Why Steve Jobs Loved the IPod Shuffle 214
YouTube Red and Google Play Music Will Merge To Create a New Service 59
Apple Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle 151
Ask Slashdot: Best Option For a Touring Band With Mobile Data? 203
SoundCloud Halts Volunteer Archiving Project 48
Steve Jobs' Life Is Now An Opera 74
Chromium To Get Support For MP3 54
Vintage SciFi Magazine 'Galaxy' Preserved Online - And Hopefully Also SoundCloud 52
EU Sides With RIAA, Says YouTube Underpays For Music Streaming 82
SoundCloud Has Enough Money To Survive Only 80 Days, Report Claims 57
Radio Station Hijacked Eight Times In the Past Month To Play 'I'm a Wanker' Song 168
Spotify Denies Allegations It's Putting Fake Artists On Popular Playlists To Cut Costs 115
On-Demand Audio Streaming Hits Record High, Is Up 62.4% Over Last Year 38
Stream-ripping Is 'Fastest Growing' Music Piracy 254
SoundCloud Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff, Closes Two Offices 51
Kanye West Is Leaving Tidal Because the Company Owes Him Money 94
Sony Will Start Pressing Vinyl Records After 28-Year Hiatus 136
Tesla Is Talking To the Music Labels About Creating Its Own Streaming Service 66
Remember When You Called Someone and Heard a Song? 152
Opus 1.2 Released 22
Spotify Continues To Grow Faster Than Apple Music Thanks To Free Tier 25
Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? 223
Apple Adds Support For FLAC Lossless Audio In iOS 11 49
Apple Announces Its 'Next Breakthrough' Product: the HomePod 198
For Video Soundtracks, Computers Are the New Composers 171
Music Streaming Service Tidal Loses Third CEO In Two Years 19
MP3 Is Not Dead, It's Finally Free 415
Why Amanda Palmer Left the Music 'Industry' For Crowdfunding 105
The Failed Experiment of the Digital Album Booklet 82
Google Releases Study Defending YouTube's Value To Music Biz; Trade Bodies Hit Back 80
Spotify Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files In Its Early Days: Report 44
Fedora Will Get Full Mp3 Support, As IIS Fraunhofer Terminates Mp3 Licensing Program 133
Apple Wants To Turn Its Music App Into a One-Stop Shop For Pop Culture 54
EU Lawmakers Include Spotify and iTunes In Geoblocking Ban 74
Streaming Services Help Global Music Industry To Fastest Growth in Nearly 20 Years 47
As Streaming Booms, Songs Are Getting Faster and Shorter 173
Spotify Premium Users Will Get Some Albums Two Weeks Before Free Users 46
Streaming Services Generated More Than 50% of All US Music Industry Revenue in 2016 34
Safe Harbor Cost the US Music Industry Up To $1B in Lost Royalties Per Year, Study Finds 194
Popular Open-Source Audio Editor Audacity Adds Windows 10 Support, More Improvements 102
Slashdot Asks: Is the Internet Killing Old and New Art Forms or Helping Them Grow? 110
Pandora Debuts Premium On-Demand Music Tier 41
Music Charts No Longer Make Sense 167
Sorry, Apple, the Headphone Jack Isn't Going Anywhere 332
Spotify Is Testing a Lossless Subscription Tier For $15 to $20 Per Month 77
Radio Is the Worst Place To Listen To Music, Says Jay Z 203
Facebook To Autoplay Videos With Sound On By Default 116
Jeff Bezos Talks About Music Streaming, and His Political Ambitions 70
The Brief, Bumbling Tech Careers of Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, and Will.i.am 97
Misophonia: Scientists Crack Why Eating Sounds Can Make People Angry 152
Hackers Take Over Unsecured Radio Transmitters, Play Anti-Trump Song 99
Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade 303
ISPs Finally Abandon The Copyright Alert System 113
Apple Is Moving Its Entire International iTunes Business To Ireland 114
Software Engineers Are the Heroes of New Computer History Museum Exhibit 115
Samsung's Galaxy S8 Will Feature a Headphone Jack, Desktop Dock, 'Infinity Display' and More, Says In-Depth Report 146
Apple Investigating Issue With AirPods Randomly Disconnecting During Calls 128
Sprint Purchases 33 Percent Stake in Tidal For $200 Million 63
Jay Z's Tidal Music Streaming Service Is Fraudulently Inflating Subscriber Numbers, Report Says 32
Apple Exec Jimmy Iovine Confirms Company's Interest in Making 'Pop Culture' TV Shows 86
Headphone Users Rejoice: Samsung Reportedly Not Killing the Galaxy S8's Headphone Jack 79
Chrome is Getting the Ability To Play FLAC 80
Cassettes Are Back, and Booming 564
Apple Planning To Make Original TV Shows and Movies as Hardware Sales Soften 130
Sonos CEO John MacFarlene Steps Down From the Company He Helped Found 23
Streaming Now Officially the Number One Way We Listen to Music in America 180
Dell Unveils XPS 27 All-In-One With 10 Speaker Dual 50W Sound System 53
Norway To Become First Country To Switch Off FM Radio 303