AM News: Income Diversity Mantra, UK Blocking, Social Music Charts, MTV vs. Songkick & More

The need to diversifying revenue streams is the mantra coming from every corner of the industry from indie music marketers to Edgar Bronfman Jr. on last week's WMG earnings call."Diversity, Not Just Digital Sales, Will Save the Recording Industry"  offers a strong analysis by Glenn Peoples of Billboard. But too few stats exist, making it essential that as many artists as possible participate in the Future Of Music Coalition's Artist Revenue Streams study which launches soon.

• Website Blocking – Off The Table in the UK (EFF)
• Facebook: We’ve Got ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Against Paul Ceglia (paidContent)
• MTV takes on Songkick with MTV Live & Local mobile music app. (Music Ally)

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