NEWS BRIEF: iTunes Adds Latin America, Arcade Fire Joins Spotify, Atterberry Passes, Deezer & More

iTunes has officially launched in Brazil and 15 other Latin American countries. Brazil also became the first country outside of the US to launch iTunes Match. Overall digital accounts for just 5-6% of total music sales in Latin America.

• Bucking the trend, indie darlings Arcade Fire has just added their catalog to Spotify.
• Music exec John Atterberry, who was the victim of a random shooting on Friday has died. Atterberry was known for his work with The Spice Girls, Jessica Simpson and others.

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• The may be battling Universal Music in court, but Grooveshark yesterday signed deals with 5  samall indie labels: American Myth Recordings, Partisan Records, Daly City Records, Zodlounge and Foundation Media.
• Interview: Universal Music's digital chief Rob Well plots new course. (CNet)
• Taking a page from the Sirius XM playbook, music streaming service Deezer has partnered with UK’s biggest Jazz radio station to add a Jazz FM radio channel to the site.
• CrowdCompass Gets $1.3 Million for Event-Specific Apps. (DMW)
• Apple is extending AirPlay audio streaming to low-power, low-latency Bluetooth 4.0. (ars)
• Bob Stohrer has been named CMO of Clear Channel Digital. Stohrer joins Clear Channel from Sprint Nextel
• Seatwave, an EU based fan-to-fan ticketing marketplace, has launched its iOS SDK, enabling developers to sell tickets through their apps. 
• On court filings, Gusto Records claims The Kingsmen owe it $200,000 in royalties for "Louie Louie," the song the FBI investigated for obscenity, then decided that it was "unintelligible at any speed." (CHN)