REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Sony's Major Label Shenanigans Revealed By American Idol Lawsuit
• Complete Social Media Image Size Chart 2014: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube & More
• 5 Lessons For The Music Industry From "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Shawn Mendes (and Team): From 6 Second Vine Clips To An iTunes No. 1
• Can Indie Music Discovery App 'Next' Find Success Where So Many Have Failed?

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• Hypebot's Music Industry News and Jobs
• Top 10 Earning Dead Musicians
• Spotify's Most Streamed & Viral Tracks US, UK & Global
• Australia Invades The US Charts: 5 Seconds Of Summer Debuts At #1
• No Virgin Mobile Free Fest For 2014
• atVenu Rakes In Over $100 Million From 4.2 Million Units Of Merch
• Tango Music Pix Accidentally Unveiled, Creates Slideshows From Your Pics & Spotify's Music
• Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 8.1.14: SESAC Expands, Pharrell, Three Six Zero & More

Controversial Artists

• Kanye West Declares Victory Over Coinye Digital Currency. As Usual, He's Wrong.
• Dogged By Controversy R. Kelly Pulls Out Of Fashion Meets Music Festival
• Michelle Shocked Calls Out Digital Music Execs On Silent Album Release

Deals

• Apple Beats Deal Gets EU Commission Approval
• Music Tech M&A: Apple x Swell, CBS x Eventful, Kapipal x WeLoveYourSongs
• Hook'd Hires Harry Fox For Rights Management
• Beats On Their $3 Billion Sale: "There's a new instrument in the Apple family."
• SESAC Acquires Video Music Licensor Rumblefish
• Apple Completes $3 Billion Beats Deal, Vivendi Universal Nets $404 Million For 13% Stake

Changes

• Exec In Charge Of Launching YouTube Music Service Exits For Spotify
• Apple Denies 200 Jobs Cut At Beats, But Admits Some Are Coming

Startups

• Knoxville's MediaWorks Demo Day To Include 4 Music Tech Startups
• ICM, Originate, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Launch O Labs Media Tech Incubator

Marketing

• Viral Music Videos Have Huge Impact On Sales
• Facebook Goes Down, Musicians Tremble…
• Find and Promote New Music Tech Sites and Apps With Product Hunt

Streaming

• Rhapsody Passes 2 Million Paid Subscribers, Expands French and Latin American Services
• Specialty Music Streamer Saavn Nears $30-40 Million Funding Round
• Twitch Debuts Live Streaming Music Concerts, Twitch Broadcasters Can Play Host
• Ryan Farish Shares What He's Learned Streaming Music On MP3.com, YouTube and Spotify
• Spotify Adds More Sonic Control with Equalizer