More Music Industry News: Apple Upgrades, Rhapsody iPhone, ArtistData & More

• Apple announced a new iTunes LP format, ringtones, a revamped player line and more yesterday. Here's a roundup of the changes and improvements.
• Rhapsody's iPhone and iPod touch app has been approved by Apple.
• Pirate Bay buyer delisted by Swedish Aktietorget stock exchange. (Music Ally)
  
• Tunecore has added Nokia's Comes With Music in 21 countries to its distribution channels.
• Warner/Chappell Music  has announced the promotion of Wendy
  Christiansen to Senior Vice President, Film/TV Music Creative. Christiansen joined Warner/Chappell in 2006
  as Vice President, Film and Television.
• Open source song player Songbird has been pulled back from the brink with a round of new investments. (TechCrunch)
• RoyaltyShare has added Nettwerk Music to its list of royalty services clients.
• A new online marketing research paper examines the web presence and sales data for 99 independent Australian artists distributed by digital distributor and marketer Musicadium to identify whether any of the documented online activity corresponded with proportionally higher royalty returns to artists. (more)
• A look at Trent Reznor's evolution from major label artist to indie leader. (New Yorker)
• Talk about a timesaver: FanBidge has teamed up with ArtistData to launch a new Tour Calendar feature that allows musicians to sync their tour date data between the two sites. The new feature unifies FanBridge's email campaign creation platform with ArtistData's automated tour date manager and social media synchronization tools.
• The LimeWire Store expands its catalog of exclusive titles with the release of Live at Lime EPs from singer-songwriters Kristin Hersh and Gary Jules.