Flexible pricing has long been a contentious issue in the streaming business, now it seems that Universal and Sony Music are taking the matter into their hands and are quietly rolling out their own low-priced subscription service.

After exiting his deal with Def Jam, leaving behind Universal Music Group and most retailers -- both digital and brick-and-mortar -- to sign with Apple for an exclusive release, Frank Ocean is on the hunt for a distribution partner to make his 'Blonde' album widely available both digitally and in physical form.

Reaction to Apple's decision to do away with the headphone jack on the new iPhone has been mixed. "Conan" took on the controversy about the new wireless AirPods on Wednesday night (Sept. 14) with an Apple-style spoof ad.

Kanye West picks up his 97th charting hit on the Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Fade” bows at No. 39 on the Sept. 24-dated list. The entrance is a result of the track’s music video being widely released on Sept. 6 to YouTube, following an exclusivity period on Tidal. Overall streams for the song rise to 4.9 million (up 130 percent) in the week ending Sept. 8, according to Nielsen Music.

The Better Online Ticket Sales Act, or BOTS Act, would make it illegal to circumvent the security rules of an online ticketing Web site in order to buy tickets. The bill passed the House of Representatives in a voice vote Monday, and it’s now being considered by the Senate.

With everyone from Taylor Swift to the European Commission having their say on the ‘value gap’ argument, new research commissioned by international labels body IFPI shines a timely light on the ever-changing face of music consumption.