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Had Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield looked at the RIAA's latest industry numbers, they may have written the song "Breaking Even Is Hard to Do."U.S. recorded-music revenue dipped 0.9% in 2012 after rising a slight 0.3% a year earlier, according to RIAA year-end data. Total recorded-music revenue was $7.07 billion in 2012, down from $7.13 billion in 2011.The most compelling storyline from the rep

On-demand music subscription service Rdio announced the launch on Wednesday of Vdio, a video service that streams movies and TV shows. Vdio (pronounced vee-dee-oh) becomes the first video service offered by a standalone company that also offers an on-demand music subscription service.

U.S. consumers purchased more new cars in March than any month in nearly six years -- and that's good news for the music business. A healthy automobile market will mean more consumers will adopt the music products and services that are now integrated in automobiles.