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More Music Industry News: Thumbplay, Universal Inks Aware, Sony’s Own Download Store, EMI On Defensive, TubeMogul & More

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  • image from www.babble.com Does Steve Jobs know how to say he's sorry?
    Apple has called a press conference for Friday.  Details are slim but it will involve the widely reported troubles with the iPhone 4. (NY Times)
  • Thumbplay Music has added Facebook integration to its music discovery and sharing app.
  • Indie Aware Records has signed a deal with Universal Republic that will see Guster and others released via the joint venture.

  • image from userserve-ak.last.fm Sony
    will be launching an iTunes for classical music. (MediaMemo)
  • EMI defends Duran Duran remasters. – Label has 'no plans' to recall CDs after complaints about the sound quality – including those from the band themselves. (Guardian)
  • Play It Again, Please: Grappling with Repeated Album Listens in the iPod Age (PopMatters)
  • Music chief: preventing file-sharing is a "waste of time." (PCPro)
  • Pretty Little Liars: Helping To Save the Music Industry One Episode At A Time. (IP)
  • New Social Gaming Opportunities Emerge For Music Industry (Billboard)
  • Digital Media Consumption Among Teens (Technorati)
  • Why the RIAA Doesn’t Mind Losing Money on Lawsuits (TorrentFreak)
  • ZeroPaid Interviews a Music Marketer (ZeroPaid)
  • eBook pricing: learning from the record industry's mistakes. (FutureBook)
  • TubeMogul has made its video analytics tool free. (TechCrunch
  • iTunes Connect Mobile App Now Available for iPhone.(Mashable) Helps manage content for those who distribute direct to iTunes.