I remember the first time a boy made me a mixtape (okay, mix CD, same diff). It wasn't even a romantic gesture - he made them for all our friends. Mine had a now-embarassing mix of Morrowind music, ...

Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market, according to the latest numbers from MRC Data, a music-analytics firm. Those who make a living from new music—especially that endangered ...

All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs — how did we get here, and is there a way back? The new music market is actually shrinking. All the growth in the market is coming from ...