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- Billboard Hires 2 Top Music Industry Bloggers
- Sweden Sees 100% Increase In Legal Downloads After Tough Laws Enacted
- Kyle Bylin - Pandora: Putting the “ME” Back into Mass-Media
- Ad Supported P2P Qtrax Launches...Again
- Limited Edition Prince Opus iPod Just $2100
- Daily DIY - Your Live Mix
- REWIND: Music's Week In Review
All This Week On Hyepbot: The Future Of The Album (Intro)
- "End Of The Album As The Organizing Principle" - A guest post by Gang Of Four founding member Dave Allen.
- In Defense Of The Album" - A commentary that we ran last week by Scott Perry of The New Music Tip Sheet.
- POLL: Vote and tell us, "Does The Album Have A Future?"
- COMMENT: Leave your opinions wherever you're inspired to.
- "End Of The Album As The Organizing Principle" - A guest post by Gang Of Four founding member Dave Allen.
MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:
- "Rick Rolling" may be a worldwide phenomena, but Rick Astley producer Rick Waterman is crying foul after getting a Google royalty check for just 11 pounds sterling or $16.12 USD. (Telegraph)
- A2IM, The American Association of Independent Music, has named Jennifer Masset as Director of Membership Services. In addition to being a member of A2IM's New Media Committee, Masset served as US Label Manager for !K7 Records for the past 7 years.
- TuneCore CEO Jeff Price discusses music marketing and the state of the music industry. (SF Examiner)
- Technology and music sectors call a truce. (FT) These journalist see signs of optimisim and cooperation that I just don't see.
- John Doe of X on the value of record labels.(Know The Music Biz)
