REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• A Friend To Artists & Fans Exits: R.I.P. 9:30 Club's Josh Burdette
• Trent Reznor Dismisses DIY, Ridicules Musicians Shaking Their Cups For Scraps
• Social Media News: Google+'s SEO Value, Facebook Page Posts, Gmail Promotions Tab
• Spotify Connect Launches With Philips, Pioneer, Marantz, Others For Seamless Home Audio
• Using Hashtags On Facebook? They May Be Working Against You
• SourceAudio Raises $1.2M To Become D.I.Y. "iTunes Of Global Music Licensing"

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Job Shifts & Deals

• Azoff, Madison Sq Garden Partner In Major Music, Management & Media Company
• Azoff Invests In Digital Brand Architects
• Nielsen Digital CEO Jonathan Carson Jumps To VEVO

Music Tech

• Set.fm Raises $1.2M To Help Artists Record and Sell Live Recordings
• Reverb Builds Thriving Music Instrument Marketplace
• Rapt.fm Launches Battle Rap Platform For Artist Discovery and Promotion
• New Music Hack Days Announced For Chicago, New York and Bologna

Streaming Music

• How Streaming Affects Music Revenue Growth
• Neil Young Describes 2014 Launch Of Pono
• Playlist.com Takes On Pandora, Taps The Echo Nest To Create 80 Million Custom Stations
• Pandora Listener Hours Jump 16%
• BeatStars Launches Spotify App Featuring Producers & Production Music
• Spotify's Most Played & Shared Tracks [US & UK]