Music/Audio

It took a while, but the U.S. Supreme Court has finally decided that it won't review Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp, a case examining the circumstances by which copyright h... More

Dolby Access might be the best-kept secret of E3 2017. Actually, that distinction belongs to Metroid Prime 4, but nevertheless, it’s a nifty app targeted specifically at Xbox One... More

Spotify passed 140 million worldwide users as both its revenue and operating loss grew significantly in 2016, according to the company’s annual financial statement released Thurs... More

While the format has been embraced by major media brands and independent hobbyists, U.S. advertisers will spend just $200 million on podcasts this year -- a paltry sum when compare... More

During Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference out of San Jose, the company revealed that Apple Music now has 27 million subscribers, up from the 20 million figure Apple executives ... More

Former Warner Music Group Chairman/CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., who stepped down from the post in 2012 after selling the company to a group led by Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik’s ... More

Cinema chain Les Cinemas Gaumont Pathe inked a deal with Dolby to open 10 Dolby Cinema locations, with seven in France and three in the Netherlands. This includes Amsterdam and Rot... More

Dolby Laboratories and Huawei today announced a new series of MateBook laptops featuring the world’s first Dolby Atmos Sound System, a Dolby designed sound system combining custo... More

Apple executive and music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine is not a fan of free music streaming. In an interview published this week, Iovine said that paid music streaming like his ow... More

The age of the MP3 is officially over. The developer of the early digital audio codec announced this week that it has ended its licensing agreement, ceding to more versatile format... More

A Google-commissioned report into how YouTube impacts on the wider music economy has—somewhat unsurprisingly—found that the hugely popular, yet much-maligned platform significa... More

A new cinema ad for the first-ever Lexus LC 500 luxury coupe will be mixed and released nationwide in Dolby Atmos on May 5 in select theatres affiliated with Spotlight Cinema Netwo... More

As a part of Tribeca Film Festival's masterclass series, Dolby presented a short film they recently finished in partnership with Moonbot studios. Escape is a spiritual sequel to th... More

Spotify may be planning to branch out from being a mere music streaming service to also selling audio devices. It's unclear what kind of device Spotify is considering. Until now... More

After 15 dismal years in which the global music business lost some 40 percent of its value, in 2016 the music business showed more growth than it has in two decades. And while some... More

Three years ago, Neil Young started the long journey to launch Pono Music, his proprietary audio player and online storefront for high fidelity recordings. The Pono store has been ... More

For over 20 years, people have envisioned a future in which you don't need to own music, where a vast library music is available everywhere from a "celestial jukebox." Although tha... More

Pandora on Tuesday launched a brand campaign dubbed “Sounds Like You” and said it’s making Pandora Premium, previously available by invitation only since March, available to ... More

It’s a streaming world in the music business, lest anyone still had any doubts. Nielsen Music’s first-quarter figures for music consumption bear that reality out solidly, with ... More

In the fast-paced consumer technology industry, it can be hard to keep up. We’ve seen the audio industry transition from stiff, wired headphones to wireless Bluetooth earbuds the... More