REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
- SoundCloud WTF? Universal Has Direct Access To Pull Tracks Leading To Account Cancellations
- Apple Removes Music Download Apps From iTunes
- How To Write A Hit Pop Song: Comedian Offers Funny, Sadly Accurate Formula
- Arena: Can A Free Streaming Music Service With A Unique Business Model Succeed?
- Curation Is King: Google Acquires Songza For $39M
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- SoundExchange Launches Digital Dashboard 'SoundExchange Direct'
- Rdio Acquires TastemakerX, Adds Key Execs
- Getty Images Adds 45,000 Tracks To Sound Express Pre-licensed Collection
Controversy
- YouTube Delays Indie Label Block As Talks Continue
- Anonymous Hacks Warner Music Int'l Site
- YouTube Says 95% Of All Labels (Including Indies) Are On Board
- SoundCloud Responds To Wave Of Criticism
Artists
- Coheed and Cambria Save Fan's House From Foreclosure
- Ed Sheeran Breaks Spotify Streaming Records Held By Daft Punk, Eminem, Lana Del Ray
- Spoon Partners With Indie Record Stores For Instant Vinyl Gratification Campaign
Closures
- Filter Magazine To Close As Both Founders Launch New Music, Culture Outlets
- StubHub Slashes Ticket Resellers' Field Operations, 100 Employees Reportedly Laid Off
Music Tech
- Smule's New Smuush Turns Vine Clips Into Crowdsourced Music Videos
- Bandsintown and musiXmatch In First Batch Of Android Wear Smartwatch Apps
- NeonGrid Debuts Database For Crediting All Your Musical Work Across The Web
- Feel The Beat: Trending DJ Apps For iPhone
- Soundrop Launches Robust Music Marketing Toolkit Show.co
- Radical.FM Launching New App But Can Their Donation-Based Business Model Work?
Live
- Bandsintown's New Manager App Adds Artist Marketing Tools For The Road
- Canada Drops Onerous International Artists Fees
- Festival Wristbands Go Digital: Payments at Lollapalooza, Social Networking at Tomorrowland
- Festival Mistakenly Sells Tickets At 90% Off