DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS’ WEEK IN REVIEW

• Linkin Park rattled the cage noisily this week, with the group attempting to exit its Warner Music contract. The move comes ahead of a big IPO, with the band accusing top management of allocating too little funds for its future development.
• Other artists were also active this week, including Weezer, which is now offering its upcoming album as a stream on MySpace. Meanwhile, Radiohead released its past catalog digitally for sale on charity site War Child Music. And Bruce Springsteen topped the charts last week, with his latest album exclusively released in the DualDisc format.
• Sirius announced an upcoming podcast show, with Adam Curry scheduled to air user submissions.
• An online advertising explosion is taking root, with PricewaterhouseCoopers reporting revenues of $9.6 billion total for 2004. That is helping players like AOL Music, which recently inked a sponsorship deal with Chevrolet.
• Yahoo expanded its mail service to 1GB, with big implications for one-to-one file-sharing. The company will also deliver an audio search engine.
• Nielsen has teamed with BigChampagne, layering P2P-based data into its existing airplay monitoring. And SnoCap recently inked a licensing deal with EMI, though a product launch date is unclear.
• And the Apple shuffle has made a big impact, with recent figures points to a 58 percent flash-based market share in the United States.

– From Digital Music News