AM Biz News: Parker Wants WMG, Rdio Opens API, AOL Music App, Twitter Shuns Devs, OMP3 & More

We post a roundup of music business news mid-morning (ET) each weekday and when warranted add a PM update late in the afternoon. For breaking news follow @hypebot on Twitter.

• Napster and Facebook wunderkind Sean Parker is part of the leading group trying to buy Warner Music. (MediaMemo)
• Music streamer Rdio announced the public availability of their API and a new affiliate program.
• AOL enters the app business with social music app Play that it describes as "Instagram for music". (Mashable)

MORE:

• Twitter tells third party developers to stop making Twitter clients. (ars) This can't be good news for all of us depend on these clients to manage multiple social media accounts.
• Canadian Music Week 2011 Indie Awards winners.
• Q & A: Lee Winterson, CEO and Founder – OMP3.org. (TheMusicVoid)
• Eventful opens NYC office and appoints 2 new executives. (DMW)
• Alliance Entertainment has acquired Edge Entertainment a music and film distributor serving indie and college retailers.
• Facebook to test a Groupon inspired service. (Bloomberg)
• Rock of ages: what role does music play in your home? (SFGate)
• The Future of Digital Music Start-Ups is Not in Canada. (Torontoist)
• Abandoning Physical – Some Calculations. (TheCynicalMusician)
• Twilio is powering a number of the hottest mobile start-ups at SXSW. (Bits)
• Sorry for some misc messages in your RSS and Twitter streams over the weekend.  We were testing mobile setting before we head to SXSW Music.