Live Nation Entertainment continues their Asian expansion with the launch of Live Nation Japan, a joint venture with Tokyo-based Creativeman.

Live Nation pared their 4th quarter losses, bouyed in part by strong gains their eCommerce division, which helped to offset a decline in concert sales.

Latin pop superstar Shakira has become the latest major artist to sign a management contract with Jay-Z's Roc Nation.

Fans who were killed and injured when stage rigging and sound equipment collapsed onto them as they awaited a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair failed to take steps to ensure their own safety and are at least in part to blame for their injuries,

Three months after their splashy debut, Google has been warning record labels that the cloud-based Google Music service has failed to live up to expectations in both revenue and customer adoption.

Vivendi's Universal Music Group has formally requested European Union regulators' approval to buy EMI's recorded-music division. An initial deadline of March 23 was set for a ruling on the deal, according to the European Commission.