Music Industry News: Last.fm Album Previews, Viral Tips, Richard Branson, Topspin, YouTube & More

• Last.fm launches Recsplorer offering full length album
  previews of a grwoing number new artists. (Music Ally)
• How To Make Your Music Video Go Viral: 10 Tips From
  Cee-Lo, OK Go & More (Mashable)
• The best music download services. (Telegraph)
• Artist’s death highlights indie music’s problems. (Korea Herald)

More Music Industry News & Commentary:

• As The Pirate Bay Guys Lose Their Appeal, When Does Google Regret Not Coming To Their Defense? (Techdirt)
• Virgin's Richard Branson is the latest media mogul to launch a major iPad-only magazine. (DF)
• Topspin adds more robust reorder system and split payments.
• YouTube to pay royalties to filmmakers in France. (ars)
• Listen to This by Alex Ross – review. (Guardian) 
• Ready to move to a bigger city for your music? (NRP) 
• Behind the music: Motown – a pop factory with quality control. (Guardian)
• Just in case you were distracted by the holiday and not paying attention to every piece of music industry minituia, we've got Rewind: Hypebot's Music Industry Week In Review.
• Mininova Dwarfed A Year After Going ‘Legal’ – After a lost legal battle, Mininova removed millions of torrents to avoid having to pay millions of dollars in fines. In addition, new uploads were restricted to approved publishers only, a choice that expectedly dwarfed the site’s traffic and user base in the year that followed. (TorrentFreak)
• Don’t litigate, just negotiate. (FT)