Music Biz News: 26 Labels vs. IsoHunt, Songkick Gets $2M, Deezer Goes International, Vevo & More

• Record Labels Sue isoHunt for Millions  – 26  record labels have sued Canadian BitTorrent site isoHunt for allegedly facilitating copyright infringement on a massive scale. The labels hope to shut down the site nat get $4M in punitive damages. (TorrentFreak)
• Songkick raises $2 million to help people track, catalog live music. (TechCrunch)
• Music streamer Deezer goes international: The company used the Mobile World Congress to announce it wants to expand by partnering with mobile operators, offering a similar partnerships to  the one it has with Orange that has attracted 500K users in France. (TelecomPaper)

More News:

• An in depth and revealing look inside Pandora via the detailed documents filed with their IPO. (RAIN)
• Apple Rolls Out Long-Awaited/Feared Apps Subscription Plan (Media Memo)
• The Grammys had an audience of 26.5 million viewers according to Nielsen. It's the music award shows best showing since 2001.
• VEVO and festival Bonnaroo promise a "very special announcement" on both their web sites at Noon ET today (Tuesday).
• A strange turn in dancing baby vs. Prince case. (Cnet)
• Aspiro and Telenor have launched the WiMP music service in Sweden. WiMP differentiates itself by using local editors to shape content and playlists. (press release)
• 3 Email Marketing Tips For Musicians. (GenYRockstars)
• Music Hack Day NYC Winners: Invisible Instruments, Crowdsourced DJs and More. (Epicenter)
• Pop stars in the transmedia age. (Guardian)
• Will Radiohead's The King of Limbs save the music industry? (Guardian) 
• My Music Anywhere in Best Buy. (MusicWeek) 
• Illegal downloading is suffocating the music industry. (Telegraph)
• New tech allows music lovers to play iTunes on any device. (SiliconRepublic)
• Ok, Everyone Can Calm Down About Sony and iTunes. (PCworld)
• Screaming Justin Bieber Fans Using Camera Phones To Capture Snippets Of Movie Premiere Berated For Piracy. (TechDirt)