The connected car experience, while a highly promising scenario for the music business, still faces many obstacles on the road to becoming a mainstream reality. Experts at NARM's Music Biz conference detailed the many road blocks and speed bumps ahead.

Jazz label Blue Note Records has joined with crowdfunding platform ArtistShare in a new partnership called Blue Note/ArtistShare committed to discovering and nurturing up-and-coming young jazz talent.

The acquisition of a controlling interest in the satellite radio giant boosted revenue and profitability metrics.

Country king Kenny Chesney grabs his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Life on a Rock debuts atop the list. The set sold 153,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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