REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• First Spotify Drops Time Limits On Free Accounts Then Rdio Lifts Listening Limits
• Beats Music: Massive Marketing Campaign ~ Full Launch Press Release ~ The Curation Team
• Google+ Enables Random Spam To Your Gmail! How To Stop It.
• SoundExchange Moves From Quarterly To Monthly Payments
• Mixcloud Relaunches: Still Free, Still Fully Licensed

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• Hypebot's Music Industry News and Jobs
• Broadcast Radio Is Growing Especially Non-Commercial FM
• New U.S. Video Stats: Google Dominates, Vevo #1 YouTube Channel
• Who Needs Ticketmaster? Eventbrite Sold 58 Million D.I.Y. Tickets In 2013
• Rock Is Most Popular Genre Among U.S. Album Buyers
• Researchers Discover Kickstarter Phrases That Pay
• Deezer In Talks With Samsung
• NME Award Nominees 2014 Announced

Changes

• Soundcloud Biz Dev VP Dave Haynes Exits
• A Cable Channel In Billboard's Future? Plus: New Hires, Print and Web Changes
• Warner Bros Records Names Peter Thea, EVP Creative Content
• ADA Appoints Jessica Lehrman as Director, Business and Legal Affairs
• Stereotypes.fm Shuts Down But Exfm Reverses Course

Music Tech

• Video Tools: YouTube Adds Comments Manager, Vimeo Upgrades Player & More
• Ecommerce: Square Debuts iPhone Case, PayPal Improves Checkout, Shopify Redesigns App
• 50 Cent's Wireless Workout Headphones Fight Sweat