REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Are Low Music Sales Simply Due To Bad Music?
• YouTube's Tip Jar Fan Funding Feature Goes Live In 4 Countries
• Jimmy Chamberlin: From Smashing Pumpkins Drummer To Music Tech CEO
• Vinyl Resurgence And Music As An Experience Fuel Return Of Physical Music Retail
• Garth Brooks Promised Something Special, Instead He Launched GhostTunes

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Back to the Future

• Radio Still King Of The Road As In-Auto Digital Music Stalls
• Samsung Debuts Gear VR With New Vevo Music Video Viewing Experience

Money

• Kurt Hanson’s AccuRadio Raises $2.5 Million To Take On Pandora
• Gracenote Buys Baseline For $50 Million, Moves Beyond Music
• Feed.fm Raises $1.2 Million For Music As A Service
• PonoMusic Extends Crowdfunding Campaign, Neil Young Signs Pono Certificates For Christmas

Music Services

• Rdio Relaunches As A "Better Pandora", Expands Free Service
• More Competition: WiMP To Launch Hi-Fi Music Streamer TIDAL In US, UK

Music Tech

• This Is My Jam's Slow Music Movement Gets Deeper And More Social
• Cellfish Media Rebrands As Bandsintown Group
• Gig Booking Site Sidestage Adds London
• Screenburn Helps The Rolling Stones Rent Movies To Their Facebook Fans