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# AM News Brief: Epitonic’s Back, Grooveshark Deals, Lime Wire Settles, Topspin, SoundCloud & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/morning-news-brief-epitonics-back-grooveshark-deals/
- Published: 2011-03-08T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-08T06:00:00.000Z
- Description: We publish a roundup of top music industry news mid-morning (ET) each weekday and when warranted add a PM update late in the afternoon. Epitonic is relaunching today after some. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/morning-news-brief-epitonics-back-grooveshark-deals.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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We publish a roundup of top music industry news mid-morning (ET) each weekday and when warranted add a PM update late in the afternoon.

- **[Epitonic](http://www.epitonic.com/?ref=hypebot.com) is relaunching today** after some time offline with the help of a successful **Kickstarter** campaign. A new emphasis on curated and freely streamed or downloaded playlists, comes 12 years after its original debut.
- It's hardly a major label but **Grooveshark has cut deals** with indie labels **Merge** and Ultra.
- **Lime Wire settles** with some music publishers, but still has more court action ahead. ([Media Memo](http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110308/lime-wire-settles-some-but-not-all-of-its-lawsuits/?ref=hypebot.com))
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- **Topspin** is holding it's own **mini-conference March 16-18 during SXSW**. Included are intensive training in its direct to fan platform, case studies and more. [RSVP](http://www.topspinmedia.com/2011/03/austin-mini-conference-2011/?ref=hypebot.com) if you want to attend and also they'll [stream the action](http://www.topspinmedia.com/2011/03/austin-mini-conference-2011/?ref=hypebot.com) live.
- **[ThingLink](http://www.thinglink.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** has partnered with **[SoundCloud](http://soundcloud.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** to enable the easy mashup of images and sound.
- **MOG** in a streaming music deals with **LG**. ([SF Biz](http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/03/08/mog-in-streaming-music-deals-with-lg.html?ref=hypebot.com)) **Sonos** will add MOG to it's all house system this spring.
- **Rhapsody** pacts with **[Opscode](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rhapsody-turns-to-opscode-to-automate-data-center-infrastructure-117574413.html?ref=hypebot.com)** to automate its data center infrastructure.
- Music app **Like.fm is like a "shareable iTunes** in the cloud". ([Mashable](http://mashable.com/2011/03/07/like-fm/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Nokia expects X1-00 **Music Phone** will sell for under €35 ([PC](http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110308/tc%5Fpcworld/nokiaexpectsx100musicphonewillsellforunder836435?ref=hypebot.com))