Music Biz News: Apple Launches Mac App Store, We7 Hits Ireland, Nielson Stats, HMV Shutters & More
- Apple Debuts Mac App Store With 1,000 Free, Paid Apps. (DMW)
- MUSIC STATS 2010: Nielson Soundscan offers an in depth look at the stats that define the music industry in 2010.
- We7 to launch music-streaming service in Ireland. (Silicon Republic)
- As UK music retailer HMV shutters 60 stores (BBC), people may view the decline as inevitable – but store closures will hurt independent labels more than the majors. (Guardian)
- BitTorrent Inc. To Launch All-In-One BitTorrent Ecosystem. (TF)
- Facebook Faces IPO or SEC Disclosure in 2012 (Wired)
- Labels still looking forward to Google Music, Spotify less so. (Reuters)
- Why the Dave Matthews Band Model Won't Save Music. (Atlantic)
- At Apple, everything is "revolutionary" (ZDnet)
- A CES Long Shot: Meet the Beamz, Guitar Hero’s Odd Cousin (All Things Digital)
- Special Report: Music Industry’s Lavish Lobby Campaign For Digital Rights. (IP)
- Ask the indie professor: Why are there so many white indie bands? (Guardian)
- The SoundCloud Desktop App. (SC)
- Looking up: 2011 is ready to rock. Business may be going from bad to worse but the music is thriving, says Neil McCormick. (Telegraph)
- Your Constituents Are Your Allies. (GeorgeHoward)
- The “Fallacy of Intellectual Property” Fallacy. (Copyhype)
- Everything costs more now, so why is it still $5 to see a local rock show in Nashville? (NS)
- Katy Perry Sells Most Digital Singles in Dismal Year For Record Sales. (RS)
- Gracenote gets into mood-music. (MusicAlly)
- Swedish Music Service Launching In U.S. (No, Not That One) (PC)
It’s official. Facebook is finally forced to go public. They may not necessarily do an IPO but just the fact they have to report to the SEO says a lot. Interesting to see what their actual profits are, since they’ve done such a good job hiding that.
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