Music Stories for 2018

HMV, One of UK's Largest Retailers of CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, Calls in Administrators For Second Time in Six Years 76
'Two Years Later, I Still Miss the Headphone Port' 566
Music Industry Asks US Government To Reconsider Website Blocking 203
Mid-Range Google 'Pixel 3 Lite' Leaks With Snapdragon 670, Headphone Jack 94
A Look at How One of the Largest Record Companies in the World Once Owned Rockstar Games and Sold it For a Pittance 49
Free Music Archive Is Shutting Down 67
Winamp 5.8, the First Update In 4 Years, Is Released 198
President Trump Signs Music Modernization Act Into Law 175
More Than One Third of Music Consumers Still Pirate Music 167
London's Radio Pirates Changed Music. Then Came the Internet. 92
Spotify Starts Cracking Down on Friends Who Share Family Plans 94
Apple Completes Shazam Acquisition, Will Make App Ad-Free For Everyone 60
SiriusXM Is Acquiring Pandora in $3.5 Billion Deal To Create the 'World's Largest Audio-Entertainment Company' 104
Streaming Accounts For 75 Percent of Music Industry Revenue In the US 55
Amazon Announces a Range of New and Refreshed Echo and Alexa Products 97
Senate Passes Music Modernization Act With Unanimous Support 159
Fans Are Spoofing Spotify With 'Fake Plays', And That's A Problem For Music Charts 102
$11M Worth of Legally-Purchased Music Will Be Confiscated From Florida's Prisoners 309
YouTube Download Sites Are the Biggest Piracy Threat To Music Industry, Industry Figures Say 149
How 'Grand Theft Auto' Is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music 120
Texas ISP Slams Music Industry For Trying To Turn It Into a 'Copyright Cop' 99
Amazon Is Ready To Take on Apple and Spotify in Streaming Music 71
Samsung Announces Galaxy Home Speaker With Bixby Smart Assistant 47
Audius Raises $5.5 Million To Decentralize Music, Help Artists Get Paid Faster 65
Easier Streaming Services Put Dent in Illegal Downloading 133
Doug Grindstaff, 'Star Trek' Sound Effects Maestro, Dies At 87 36
An AI System For Editing Music in Videos 31
Music's 'Moneyball' Moment: Why Data is the New Talent Scout 34
Apple To Unveil High-End AirPods, Over-Ear Headphones For 2019 82
Lawrence Lessig Criticizes Proposed 140-Year Copyright Protections 175
Dolby Looking To Monopolize Consumer Audio By Restricting Its Codec 158
AirPlay 2 Brings HomePod Stereo Pairs and Multi-Room Audio To iOS 11.4 109
Pandora Launches Unlimited Premium Family Plan For $15 Per Month 44
Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs 169
Vevo To Shut Down Site, Giving In To YouTube Empire 92
Sony In $2.3 Billion Deal For EMI, Becomes World's Biggest Music Publisher 28
Google Launches YouTube Music Service With Creepy AI To Predict Listening Habits 87
3D Headphone Startup 'Ossic' Closes Abruptly, Leaving Crowdfunders Hanging 168
'Yanny vs. Laurel' Reveals Flaws In How We Listen To Audio 236
YouTube Unveils New Streaming Service 'YouTube Music,' Rebrands YouTube Red 107
Tidal Is Reportedly Months Behind On Royalty Payments To Labels 40
YouTube Expands Music Credits: Makes It Easier To Identify the Song Featured in a Video 20
Jay-Z's Tidal Accused of Faking Kanye West, Beyonce Streaming Numbers 43
Surging Demand For Vinyl LPs Has Raised Hopes For Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck, Which is Returning To Sale For First Time in Decades 244
Pandora Stock Surges 25% After User Data-Based Marketing Push 32
Digital and Analog Audio's Curious Coexistence 345
Spotify Wants More Paid Subscribers, So It Has Launched a New App To Give Away More Music For Free 66
EU Opens Competition Probe Into Apple's Bid For Music App Shazam 21
The Music Industry Had a Fantastic 2017, Driven by Streaming Revenues 80
'High Definition Vinyl' Is Coming As Early As Next Year 330
Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service 64
Amazon's Music Storage Service Will Remove MP3 Files on April 30 64
Google Home Can Now Control Your Bluetooth Speakers 33
Pirate Music Site's Owner Sentenced to Five Years in Prison 101
Spotify Says 2 Million Users Hacked Apps To Suppress Ads On Its Free Service 62
CDs, Vinyl Are Outselling Digital Downloads For the First Time Since 2011 136
YouTube Will 'Frustrate' Some Users With Ads So They Pay for Music 191
EU Wants To Require Platforms To Filter Uploaded Content (Including Code) 110
Inside the Booming Black Market For Spotify Playlists 45
Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Apps and Online Services You Use To Discover, Track and Evaluate Movies, TV Shows, Music and Books? 84
Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report 145
Spotify Is Cracking Down On Users Pirating Premium-Like Service 83
Apple Is Reportedly Making Its Own High-End Noise-Cancelling Headphones 87
Even With Double the Subscribers, Spotify Says Apple Will Always Have an Edge Owning the App Store 25
Slashdot Asks: Which Smart Speaker Do You Prefer? 234
YouTube Red is Having an Identity Crisis 42
Reddit Audiophiles Test HomePod, Say It Sounds Better Than $1,000 Speaker 327
Rejoice: Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone Looks To Keep the Headphone Jack Alive 193
Apple Homepod Review: Locked In 73
Apple Music Was Always Going To Win 161
Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs 295
Things Apple's $350 HomePod Smart-Speaker Can't Do: Answer Random Questions, Check Calendar, Work With an Android Phone, and More 246
Streaming Services Must Hike Songwriter Payments Nearly 50%, Court Rules 88
Jack White Bans Cellphones At Concerts For '100% Human Experience' 294
YouTube's Support for Musicians Comes With a Catch 41
Apple Will Release Its $349 HomePod Speaker On February 9th 98
Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess 276
Is Pop Music Becoming Louder, Simpler and More Repetitive? 477
Japan's Latest Sensation is a Cryptocurrency Pop Group 57
French Songwriter Kiesza Composes First Mainstream Music Album Co-Written With AI 51
Pandora CEO Roger Lynch Wants To Create the Podcast Genome Project 19
Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Media Streaming Device? 206
SoundCloud Refutes Decreasing Audio Quality, Cites Standard Testing 60
Jimmy Iovine To Leave Apple Music in August: Report 46
Spotify Files To Go Public 24
Spotify Hit With $1.6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit 132