> On Monday, Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails self-released their first album offering fans options from free to a $2500 Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition. They even uploaded the free version to torrent sites themselves. Despite some server overloads, by Wednesday Nine Inch Nails had pocketed a cool $1 million or more in sales.
> The iLike Dashboard is now used by 200,000 artists to populate their material to Facebook and other social networking platforms. MySpace integration is promised soon.
> EMI appointed new Exec VP's of Catalog and Licensing and Hypebot was critical of the top heavy approach. A reader chimed in with An open letter to EMI - one manager's plea the the label to do something, anything with his band's catalog
> Can the crowd choose the hits? Slicethepie releases its first album.
> Indie music web site Pitchfork to launch Pitchfork.tv in April.
> Online music contest OurStage has partnered with AOL Music to expand its reach.
> A look at how Old School Accounting Plagues Music 2.0 as major managers ask where is their You Tube and Napster cash?
> Jupiter Research is holding a free Digital Music Trends Webinar this week.
> Can ad supported music thrive much less survive? Join the ad-supported music debate.
> OurDigitalMusic.com has Five New International Indie Bands You'll Want To Know About.
