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Marvin Schlachter, Record Executive Who Championed Disco, Dies at 90

In the 1960s, he helped get wide exposure for Black artists like Dionne Warwick. A decade later, he brought dance music from the clubs to radio success.

By Clay Risen

Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Music The Tortured Poets Department (Album)

As Taylor Swift and Others Revive Cassettes, Fans Look for Tape Decks

Musicians and fans have developed a new taste for an old format, but manufacturers largely stopped making players. Listeners are finding creative (and vintage) solutions.

By Marc Hogan

Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Music The Tortured Poets Department (Album)

As Taylor Swift and Others Revive Cassettes, Fans Look for Tape Decks

Musicians and fans have developed a new taste for an old format, but manufacturers largely stopped making players. Listeners are finding creative (and vintage) solutions.

By Marc Hogan

Advertising and Marketing Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Classical Music Columbia Records Deaths (Obituaries) R. Peter Munves RCA Records Switched-On Bach (Album)

R. Peter Munves, Master Marketer of Classical Music, Dies at 97

As an executive at Columbia and RCA Records, he popularized the classics for mass audiences by applying the same techniques used to sell pop music.

By Adam Nossiter