Music industry tries carrot after years of stick
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Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the decline in CDs.
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Apple is the undisputed champion of the hard-drive music market, but competitors are gearing up for a shot at the title.
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The U.S. music industry is becoming  more open-minded about working with online music stores from  the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com , hoping to boost  digital music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc's   iTunes.
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Nearly a year ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs boldly called for the music industry to abandon its practice of using digital rights management (DRM) software to protect its content.
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Music videos have become a collective effort, with artists competing with fans.
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A seven-year dance between music rivals continues as the industry grapples with online music downloads, piracy and a decline in CD sales.
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The recording industry is dusting off an old tactic in its never-ending effort to crack down on pirated music: Target the college kids.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - There was a time when the  phrase "peer-to-peer" (P2P) was practically a curse word in the  music industry.
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Technology is taking the middleman out of the music business, giving artists a bigger array of tools to get their songs in the MP3 players of potential fans around the world.
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The major record labels, which refused initially to deal with the emerging online song file-sharing technologies, have turned over a new leaf.
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The outlook for mobile music in 2005 can be summed up in one word: more.
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Record labels don't trust us with their music. They need to retune that thinking
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&quot;As more and more retailers try to cash in on the online music scene, things are becoming increasingly befuddling for consumers -- especially for consumers who stray from the Apple iPod fold.
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Microsoft, a company long known for waking up to a market after its competitors only to dominate that same market, has finally woken up to the digital music market.
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There is a rough science to choosing performance-enhancing music.
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A look back at this year's trends that defined the digital music business.
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At a time when acts from Radiohead  to Madonna to the Eagles are pushing the boundaries of the  standard record-release model, rock band Big Head Todd & the  Monsters are trying a new business model as well -- and they're  making sure radio is part of the plan.