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NEWS BRIEF: ReDigi Slams Capital & Rdio, Google $4 Sale, Spotify Said No To Adele, Tunecore & More

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MP3 Reseller ReDigi Has Accused Capitol Records & Rdio of Sabotage (Wired) Rdio is now blocking song samples from ReDigi.

  • Google continues its lower price push with dozens of $3.99 albums and $.59 tracks in honor of Black History Month.
  • Why Spotify Turned Down Adele's "21" (Fast Company)  Adele was willing to have her album "21" available on the streaming music service. But Spotify would have had to change its whole strategy to accommodate her.

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  • TuneCore has launched its songwriter service in Canada. More here.
  • Downloads, Spotify and Napster help offset UK CD sales slide. (Guardian) BPI says music industry revenue fell just 3.4% last year to £795m as digital income increased by nearly a quarter to £282m
  • EMI Music Publishing is creating a joint venture with songwriter Plan B to launch a new publishing company called Temperamental Music to discover new writing talent.
  • MTV’s Music Meter App Out Of Beta For Both iOS And Android. (PaidContent)
  • Facebook to launch verified accounts with pseudonyms. (TechCrunch)
  • Spotify has added a Community forum.

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