The company announced Sept. 12 that it needed to raise $7 million by the end of that month. Spokeswoman Risa Heller said about $2 million had been raised, plus another $301,019 was pledged from 2,108 donors in an online campaign."New York City Opera did not achieve the goal of its emergency appeal," Heller said.

While Billboard has yet to announce this week's top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, we're already looking ahead to next week's tally. (This week's top 10 will be released Oct. 2.)

Icahn took to the Internet and the TV airwaves Tuesday to make it clear that he believes Apple Inc. isn't doing nearly enough to boost its stock price, which has fallen by 30 percent from its peak reached in September 2012. The slump has turned Apple's stock into a bargain, Icahn said on the financial news channel CNBC, making it a "no-brainer" for the maker of the iPhone and iPad to pour more money into its shares.

The German live entertainment market had a dramatic decline in income in 2012 as industry-wide ticket sales fell 16% from four billion euros in 2011 to 3.3 billion euros in 2012 and audience numbers contracted by 9% to 30.1 million according to a study released by market research firm GFK.

"Oktoberfest kicks off today in Germany, and Vevo is joining the party," the company said in a blog post. "Today's launch brings Vevo's 75K HD official music videos, live concert events and original programming to viewers in one of the world's biggest music markets."

Representative Mel Watt (D-NC-12) has introduced the Free Market Royalty Act (H.R. 3219), one of the most intriguing proposals in years. The bill accomplishes two principal goals: Watt starts getting the government out of the music business by eliminating the compulsory license for digital audio transmissions and extends the sound recording public performance right to all audio performances.