The recording industry’s legal efforts may be putting a dent in file swapping, according to a new report from The NPD Group. The report, released Thursday, said online file swapping started dropping in May, shortly after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) publicly hinted that it may go after individual file swappers. The number of households acquiring music fell …

BuyMusic, the online music download store Buy.com founder Scott Blum started, released on Tuesday a second update to its service. In its first three weeks of operation, the company has experienced more rough patches than did Apple’s rival iTunes service, which is available only for Macintosh computers. Early BuyMusic customers have complained that they were unable to transfer songs even …

Digital music service MusicNow and music label BMG on Tuesday announced a digital music channel showcasing more than 2,000 Elvis Presley songs. Dubbed “Elvis 2nd to None,” the channel features such songs as “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” “My Way” and “Suspicious Minds,” as well as albums ranging from “Elvis is Back!” to the gospel collection “How Great Thou Art.” …