Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Spotify, Hyperlocal Blogs, Music Websites & More

• What are the most popular music websites in 2010? See here.
• .Music answered the piracy concerns brought up by the RIAA.
• This is a two part interview about hyperlocal music blogging.
• Sometimes Pandora seems too perfect – it makes you hate it.
• New study shows pirated software is more popular than music. 
• YouTube says that free music can pay as much as paid music.

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• What happens to local music ecology when it withers and dies?
• The meaning of "making it" is changing every day. Here's how.
• HOW TO: Invest your tax return smarty in your music career.
• Fans of MC Kool Herc banded together online to help him out.
• CASH Music is creating free digital tools for musicians to use.
• How far away are we from Google Music launching? Awhile.
• 1 out of 4 apps downloaded are used once – then never again.
• Is the format replacement cycle over? For good or for now?
• Citibank has taken control of EMI and wiped out their debt. 
• Does Spotify pay major labels more than indies? EMI deal.
• Here are several expert insights into great music marketing.
• What makes Facebook Fan Pages so successful? Case study.
• When startups follow the label rule book, they're boring.
• Is effortless the enemy of cloud-based music? Find out.