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Scott Borchetta: Country music maverick or anti-Christ?

Sep 28, 2012
Scott Borchetta, the music executive who founded Big Machine Records, has turned country music on its head. And not just in the artists he's discovered (including Taylor Swift) but in the deals he's negotiated.

New study shows gaping rural-city digital divide

Jul 28, 2011
If you live in an affluent, metropolitan city, you get fast download speeds, and you're much more likely to let your download complete than you...

Minnesota mom fined $1.5 million for downloading music

Nov 4, 2010
The case of Jammie Thomas-Rassert of Brainerd, Minn. has been dragging on for years. She's the first person to take a lawsuit from the RIAA to a...