Music blogs first gained popularity during the blog era of the early 2000s. At that time, blogs were a new and innovative way to share information and thoughts with a wider audience. They allowed ...

They've been around almost as long as the Web, but lately they've made stunning gains in influence. Are they the new music labels? Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News.

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As we come to the end of the decade that's being called the "aughts," we're looking back at how those 10 years have changed music and culture. One of the biggest sources of delight — and concern — for ...

For the last six months, Oliver Wang, a thirty-two-year-old San Francisco DJ and freelance writer, has been transferring soul and hip-hop classics from vinyl to MP3 and posting them on the Internet.

Like so many good ideas, the venerable music website Gorilla vs. Bear started because Chris Cantalini spent a lot of time on the internet at work. The Plano native didn’t grow up obsessed with music; ...

Louisiana has no shortage of professional media outlets devoted to the full range of the state’s music, from hot jazz to punk rock. Surfing the depthless seas of the Internet, though, the Gulf Coast ...

Google's Blogger unit last week shut down six music blogs that had received multiple complaints of copyright infringement. What happened next showed just what a mess the whole process is: some of the ...

Thanksgiving Day had barely begun when Kevin Hofman’s BlackBerry buzzed. It was one of the technical operators of OnSmash.com, Mr. Hofman’s popular hip-hop blog, telling him that the site had gone ...