NEWS BRIEF: Facebook Ad Plea & Events Upgrade, Nimbit Adds Tip Jar, ShareMyPlaylist Top 100 & More

Facebook has kicked off a new Web page explaining how and why the social network depends on advertising. (CNet) and a new feature suggests events you may want to go to. (TechCrunch)

• Direct to fan platform Nimbit just added an optional tip jar to their free storefronts for Facebook and websites with some impressive initial results. 21% of all orders included a tip averaging $5. “We’ve found that even though some fans aren’t buying as much music, they still want to support artists,” according to company president Phil Antoniades.

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• ShareMyPlayists just published their Top 100 Tracks of 2011. Most interesting is that back catalogue songs are represented just as much, if not more than chart material; showing the value of older catalogues on Spotify as well as new releases.
• Artist Resale Royalties: Do They Help or Hurt? (Freakonomics)
• Amazon, Apple and Google Offer Discounted Albums as Low as $4.99 (Mashable)
• Steve Jobs awarded posthumous Grammy, memorial statue unveiled in Hungary. (Apple Insider)