Monday’s Music Brief: TotalMusic, Tickets, SoundExchange, Rubin & Much More

 HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Kyle Bylin Named Hypebot Associate Editor
• TotalMusic, Tunepost And Ruckus Shut Down
• A Ticket Reseller Reacts To The Live Nation Tickemaster Merger
• VOTE: What Do You Think Of The Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger?
• Daily D.I.Y. 13K Join Liverpool Facebook Flashmob
• Grammy Winners: Plant & Krauss, Coldplay, Mayer
• Digital Music Forum East Takes Shape
• Hypebot's EconMusic Conference Coverage
• The Music's Industry's Last Week In Review

MORE NEWS (UPDATED):

• The Live Nation and Ticketmaster boards met pre-Grammys last night in LA and a merger could be announced as early as today. But will Obama regulators snub the deal? (NY Post) Stay tuned... What do you think? Vote here.
  
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  SoundExchange makes a new offer to webcasters just before a Feb. 15th deadline. (Billboard.biz)
• Mobile game sales are helping to boost music sales. (Christian Science Monitor)
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  Rick Rubin's track record as the president of Columbia Records is coming under increased criticism. (New York Times)
• Online music video provider LP33.tv adds an all SXSW channel as part of a pertnership with mext month's conference and adds two industry vets to its team.
• Epic Records tries taxi cab ads to promote The Fray.
• Vibe Records develops new digital distribution technologies.
• Big Music vs. Fans & Artists. (Media Equation)
• The label that loves to sue people (and pull videos off YouTube), Warner Music has hit Songbeat with a lawsuit. (Techdirt)