Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the summer of 1995, vinyl records were almost obsolete. People listened to music on the radio, cassettes or CDs. Then along ...

After years of selling online music digitally wrapped with copy and playback restrictions designed to hinder piracy, major music labels are beginning to make some songs available in the unrestricted ...

Some of the pioneers behind the MP3 format have introduced a new music file type that can include things like lyrics, videos, artwork, and blog posts. Called MusicDNA, the format was developed by ...

Delegates at music business conference MIDEM in France have witnessed the unveiling of a new digital file format, created by some of the names behind the development of the original MP3 format.

The creators of the MP3, the revolutionary music file that sent shock waves through the industry by making songs more easily played and shared on personal computers, are working on a new format called ...