REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review

The stock market was a lot nicer to all of us including music
stocks; so the real news shifted to the UK where Google pulled music
videos off of YouTube,  Merlin finally scored, Vodaphone took mobile
DRM free and some artists committed the sin of omission. Next week the
industry gathers at SXSW.

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  Artists Lobby For Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger But Don't Disclose Azoff Connection
• YouTube Pulls Music Videos From UK and Day 2 Action & Reaction plus Hypebot Commentary
• Rapid Growth In Socal Networking Worldwide
• Merlins Scores Wins With iMesh Deal
• Vodaphone Makes Mobile Music DRM Free. 3 Majors On Board
• The Converging Of Cultures: Part 1 – MTV & YouTube, Part 2, and Part
• The Personalized Music Experience
• WaTunes Offers Free Digital Distribution
• Twitter Adds New Search And Trends Tools plus A Contest
• Apple unveils a new talking iPod Shuffle
• Did They Have To Call It "Chicks With Picks"?
• A video archive of an online discussion between Hypebot's Bruce Houghton, TAG's Ted Cohen and Denzyl Feigelson of Artists Without A Label via The Music Void
• Sales At f.y.e. Stores Drop Another 24%
• DropPlay Blends YouTube, Pandora & Facebook
• Video: Lefsetz vs. Gene Simmons, imeem's CEO On Monetizing Social Networks, How Musicians Can Make More Money Online
• Daily D.I.Y Tips: Why Your Band Should Be On Facebook,  How To Create A Band Facebook Page, Add Music To Facebook,  Customize Your Facebook Pages,  Free Legal Documents
• Quick Hits: New artist organizer Bandize, Sirius Preps iPhone App, YouTomb Tracks Video Takedowns, Music Xray acquires SONGboost, Facebook Refers More Traffic Than Google To Some, INgrooves Adds Ben Kline As VP Of Sales