AM NEWS BRIEF: Beyonce’ BitTorrent Battle, Moby On Spotify, Kayne’s Shoe War, Gaye vs Thicke & More

WEDNESDAY 11.27.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

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MySpace Reports Growth: Daily Site Visits +7M, Artist Profiles Up 340%

MySpace is reporting some cautious optimism following their relaunch in June. The company says that their audience grew from 24 million prior to launch to 31 million in its first. Continue reading

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Who Are The World’s Best Paid Hip-Hop Artists?

Fortune Magazine has released it's latest list of best paid artists Cash Kings 2013: The World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists. Sean “Diddy” Combs hasn’t always agreed with Forbe's calculations.  “[Screw] the Forbes list,”. Continue reading

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MTV European Music Awards Nominees [FULL LIST]

The MTV European Music Awards will be held this year in Amsterdam on November 13th  at the new cutting-edge venue the Ziggo Dome. It's the award show's 20th Anniversary,  Here. Continue reading

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Two Smash Songs Inspired By Past Hits Get Very Different Treatment From Copyright Holders

By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. There were two very interesting stories last week concerning hit songs allegedly "inspired" by hits from previous decades, but the stories are quite different. First. Continue reading

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Can Protest Playlists Change The World?

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The realistic answer to the above question is “probably not.” Still, we have to give some credit to the organizers of Agit8, an initiative. Continue reading

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MySpace’s Annual Relaunch: MyRadio, Mobile App, $20 Million Ad Campaign, Disappeared Blogs

Yesterday the new Myspace fully launched to the world with a huge ad campaign, a celebrity party and lots of coverage. Though some of us thought this was another relaunch,. Continue reading

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N.E.R.D Joins New Era Flagbearers. Are Musicians Losing Tastemaker Status?

The news that alt pop group N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley, had joined the New Era Flagbearers lineup as part of the Fly Your Own Flag campaign. Continue reading

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