More Music Industry News: Indie MofS Chases File Sharers, Spotify’s 500k, State Of Net Music & More

• EU indie label Ministry of Sound has sent letters to thousands of alleged illegal file sharers threatening court action. (Guardian)
• Who’s Who In The New Music Gold Rush (paidContent) and their chart comparing cloud music services.
• Santiago Menendez-Pidal has been appointed to head up EMI Music Publishing Australia as  Managing Director. Current managing director John Anderson will be leaving at the end of August, after a remarkable 34 years with the business.
• Five Things That Could Topple Facebook’s Empire. (Epicenter)
• LimeWire Store Announces Partnership With Merge Records – Partnership Expands LimeWire Store's Digital Music Offerings to Over 6 Million Recordings (press release). All part of an effort to appear as if it's business as usual despite the crushing legal defeat.
• What is a £1m record deal? (BBC)
• How Spotify plans to keep its 500,000 paying users loyal. (nextweb)
• File-sharers: Expect a mountain of mail. (BBC)
• UltraViolet Digital Movie Locker Would Let You Play Movies Anywhere. (HP)
• The State of Internet Music on YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, and Facebook. (FastCompany)
• Why music is good for you: A survey of the cognitive benefits of music makes a valid case for its educational importance. But that's not the best reason to teach all children music, says Philip Ball. (SA)