More Music Industry News: YouTube WMG Feud, Catalog Power, Apple Apps, New Walkmen & More

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  YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end. (CNet)
• Catalog Power:
• • Back catalogs spin a new generation of profits for record labels - The return of Beatlemania is just one part of how much potential lies in the archives of rock and pop. (Guardian)
  • Some songs linger on - and can be worth millions -  The X-Factor's Alexandra Burke turning Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelulujah' into a hit again highlights the potential of back catalogs. (Guardian)
• Now that apps are more important than music to Apple, what does that mean for the music industry?  (BusinessWeek) If Apple's interest in music wanes, it leaves more room for innovation from others.
• Live Nation continues its All-In, No Service Fee Wednesdays with ticket deals on a  variety of concerts.  Beginning on September 23rd at midnight,  fans can buy tickets at LiveNation.con at all-in, no fee prices ranging from $10 - $30 to shows by Maxwell, blink-182, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rob Thomas, Colbie Callait, Creed and many others.  (press release pdf)
• North Carolina indie Merge Records: A Q&A looking back at two decades in the guitar-hero industry. (Daily Finance) Congrats on 20 years!
• Sirius XM stock received notice that it will de-listed from NASDAQ as its price lingers below $1 a share. (press release) The beginning of the end...
• The German music market is set to grow again as of 2013 when digital revenues are expected to compensate for the losses made in physical sales, according to Stefan Michalk, CEO of the Federal Association of the Music Industry. (Billboard.biz) Let's hope this is true, but I'm skeptical.
• Sony to launch twelve new models of Walkman digital music players. The Japanese manufacturer announced that on October 10 the first wave of the new versions of its Walkman will reach electronics stores. (Barcelona Reporter)
• Guy Hands: EMI Deal Was About Luck And Timing. (FMQB) Good luck or bad luck?
• The downsides of digital music - "Normally stuff coming back from the dead is not good. In fact, it's double plus ungood. But maybe there's one part of our culture where it might be cool. Music albums." (Brisbane Times)