New Music Business Briefing: Paul Feels T-Pain, BitTorrent Goes D.I.Y. & More

>>> CHART ACTION – Despite a huge boost from Starbucks, Paul McCartney was just edged out by T-Pain
for #1. Rhianna was a close #3 with just a few thousand separating each release. (HITS)

>>> A look at how major radio groups are working to grab a bigger slice of the online pie even as crippling new royalty rates are still a real posibility.  (NY Times)

>>> BitTorrent follows deals with The Orchard and IODA and continues its march towards becoming legit with a new service launching in July that enables indie artist to upload and monetize content across the P2P network. (DMN)

>>> For the first time ever a Swedish court has upheld a file sharing conviction, (Reuters)

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