Music Industry News: Rhapsody’s Optimism, ESP Changes, Pitchfork UK?, EMI Iniza, 1B Gagas & More

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• Digital Music Opportunity Is Huge And Now, Says Rhapsody. (SFGate)
• Big changes at jazz indie ESP-Disk as top staffers leave to start new label. (NPR)
• Pitchfork is seeking opportunities to expand overseas. (Music Week)

More Music Industry News & Commentary:

• EMI Music has signed a joint venture agreement with Cathy and David Guetta’s Guetta Events company, to turn the Ibiza dance marque F*** ME I’M FAMOUS into a global dance brand.
• How Squeeze seized the keys to their back catalogue. Glenn Tilbrook and co decided to reclaim songs such as Up the Junction by recording them all over again. (Guardian)
• Laddy Gaga first artist to hit 1 billion YouTube views. (Business Insider)
• Missy Wilson and Laura Wright join EMI Music Publishing team in Nashville bolstering the A&R creative team there.
• Piracy and The Music Industry, The Voices Of Artists Matter. (TF) 
• Fallacy Debunking: Successful New Business Model Examples Are The 'Exception' (TechDirt)
• Mobile, Not Net, Drives Indian Music Sales. (WSJ) 
• Rupert Murdoch to flog gig tickets? It could be just what the industry needs. (Telegraph) 
• There is No New Media: It’s All New Consumption. (Gigaom)
• Piracy Can Boost Book Sales Tremendously. (TF)
• Apple – The short, strange blossoming of The Beatles' dream. (Indie)