REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Subscription download service eMusic added its first major label Sony and raised prices. Reaction was fast and negative.
• Sony joined Universal's VEVO online video service.
• More trouble at EMI as the two top executives squabble.
  • Joss Stone's ode To EMI: Set me free!
• Album sales fall off accelerated to 18% In May
• Live Nation dropped ticket charges for "No Service Fee Wednesday's". Expect more next week.
• Music & The Creative Class:  Part 1 &  Part 2.
• Atlantic announces new Elektra Records will be Fueled By Ramen.
• Longer, higher quality music samples lead to more sales, study finds.
• Essay: What will a record label look like in 5 years?
• Indie maven and Hypebot columnist Virgil Dickerson is headed to NARM and will be writing about it for Hypebot. Before getting on the plane, Virgil found some inspiration in a beer video.
• More dead music mags: Radio & Records and Performing Songwriter stop publishing.
• How The Orchard staff start their day.