REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review

Spotify Lost $59M In 2011, Projects $889M Revenue & More Losses In 2012.  This Week Spotify Added Free Music Play Button For Web Sites, Blogs &Tumblr

• Court Documents Reveal Live Nation Paid $2.9 Million In Kickbacks By NJ Venues
• A Timeline: Universal Music Group vs. Grooveshark vs. Digital Music News
• RIAA, NMPA, DiMA Agree On New Digital Music Rates
• Amazon Digital Sales Up 29%, iTunes Sales Flat

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• A Look Inisde Readymade Records: Meet Artist Young Hines.
• Wilco Experiment With Dynamic Concert Ticket Prices
• Music Tech Startup News: Bre.ad, HumanFankind, TwitMusic, Audiosocket
• Jimmy Iovine Calls Subscription Music "Culturally Inadequate", Plans Alternative
• Music Supervisors On How They Find Indie Music For Movies & TV [Part 2]
• YouTube Opens Partner Program To All 
• The Week In Music Publishing 4.6.12
• Axl Rose To Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: " I Won't Be Attending" [Full Statement]
• Pandora Stock Hits All Time Low
• Ad Hoc Music Blogger Collective Rises From Ashes Of Pitchfork's Altered Zones
• How Would YOU Monetize Young Buck's Soon To Be Liquidated Music?
• CoinDL: "iTunes Of The Bitcoin World". Can Digital Currency Create New Music Revenue Stream?