- RIAA Labels Spain and Canada As Piracy Havens (TorrentFreak)
- Is Google Music,Coming Soon? (Yahoo) And when it does it's expected to launch with Honeycomb and Xoom. (ars) OK, so its going to launch. But will Google Music be different? Better?
- With Update to ‘Social Search,’ Google Embraces The Crowd (Epicenter)
- Fitch Ratings confirms its poor rating of Warner Music Group's (WMG) earnings outlook.
- MySpace is good for gaming? "MySpace has big traffic. It's for sale. Users play games there. Most social game cos are dependent on Facebook. Gotta be a fit. Just saying." – former MySpace president Jason Hirschorn. Nice try.
- "Outside Industry: The Story of SXSW", which chronicles the early years of the 25 year old gathering, will have its World Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. (press release)
- A group of Chinese music industry pros compiled "Things We Hope For the Chinese Music Industry in the Year of the Rabbit" inspired by our 8 Things I Hope For The New Music Industry In 2011 post. (China Music Radar)
- How unsigned bands make money online. (BBC)
- Here's Why Sony Thinks Its Crazy New Music Service Can Succeed. (SFGate)
- EU's 24-7 Entertainment enters Latin American music download market with launch of MixUp Digital in Mexico. (press release)
- SonicAngel: How The Lord of Acid's Praga Khan Intends to Save the Music Industry. (Billboard) An interesting twist on the crowdfunding model.
- Lots of High Decibel Talk But Digital Dollars Still Amount to Diddly Squat (The Wrap)
