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# Music Biz News: Apple Launches Mac App Store, We7 Hits Ireland, Nielson Stats, HMV Shutters & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/friday/
- Published: 2011-01-07T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-07T07:00:00.000Z
- Description: Apple Debuts Mac App Store With 1,000 Free, Paid Apps. (DMW) MUSIC STATS 2010: Nielson Soundscan offers an in depth look at the stats that define the music industry in. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/01/friday.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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- **Apple** Debuts **Mac App Store** With 1,000 Free, Paid Apps. ([DMW](http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/01/06/apple-debuts-mac-app-store-1000-free-paid-applications?ref=hypebot.com))
- **MUSIC STATS 2010:** Nielson Soundscan offers an in depth look at [the stats](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110106006565/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2010-Music-Industry-Report?ref=hypebot.com) that define the music industry in 2010.
- **We7** to launch **music-streaming** service in **Ireland**. ([Silicon Republic](http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/19836-we7-to-launch/?ref=hypebot.com))
- As UK music retailer **HMV shutters 60 stores** ([BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12117510?ref=hypebot.com)), people may view the decline as inevitable – but store **closures will hurt independent labels** more than the majors. ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/jan/07/behind-music-hmv?ref=hypebot.com))

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More Music Industry News:

- BitTorrent Inc. To Launch **All-In-One BitTorrent Ecosystem.** ([TF](http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-inc-to-launch-all-in-one-bittorrent-ecosystem-110106/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Facebook Faces IPO** or SEC Disclosure in 2012 ([Wired](http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/01/facebook-2012/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Labels** still looking forward to **Google Music, Spotify** less so. ([Reuters](http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/01/07/today-in-music-labels-still-looking-forward-to-google-music-spotify-less-so/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Why the **Dave Matthews** Band Model **Won't Save Music**. ([Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/01/why-the-dave-matthews-band-model-wont-save-music/68947/?ref=hypebot.com))
- At **Apple**, everything is **"revolutionary"** ([ZDnet](http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/at-apple-everything-is-revolutionary/2843?ref=hypebot.com))
- A **CES** Long Shot: Meet the Beamz, **Guitar Hero’s Odd Cousin** ([All Things Digital](http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110107/a-ces-long-shot-meet-the-beamz-guitar-heros-odd-cousin/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Special Report: Music **Industry’s Lavish Lobby Campaign** For Digital Rights. ([IP](http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/01/06/special-report-music-industrys-lavish-lobby-campaign-for-digital-rights/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Ask the indie professor: **Why are there so many white indie bands?** ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/jan/04/ask-indie-professor?ref=hypebot.com))
- The **SoundCloud** Desktop App. ([SC](http://blog.soundcloud.com/2011/01/06/desktop/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Looking up: **2011 is ready to rock**. Business may be going from bad to worse but the music is thriving, says Neil McCormick. ([Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8243130/Looking-up-2011-is-ready-to-rock.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Your Constituents Are Your Allies**. ([GeorgeHoward](http://blog.tunecore.com/2011/01/your-constituents-are-your-allies.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- The “**Fallacy of Intellectual Property**” Fallacy. ([Copyhype](http://www.copyhype.com/2011/01/the-fallacy-of-intellectual-property-fallacy/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Everything costs more now, so **why is it still $5 to see a local rock show** in Nashville? ([NS](http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/everything-costs-more-now-so-why-is-it-still-5-to-see-a-local-rock-show-in-nashville/Content?oid=2138070&ref=hypebot.com))
- **Katy Perry** Sells Most Digital Singles in Dismal Year For Record Sales. ([RS](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/katy-perry-sells-most-digital-singles-in-dismal-year-for-record-sales-20110105?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Gracenote** gets into mood-music. ([MusicAlly](http://musically.com/blog/2011/01/07/gracenote-gets-into-mood-music/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Swedish Music Service** Launching In U.S. (No, Not That One) ([PC](http://paidcontent.org/article/419-swedish-music-service-launching-in-u.s.-no-not-that-one/?ref=hypebot.com))