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News Brief: New WMG Lawsuit, Rdio+Amazon, Sony Stumbles, Neurotic Checks In, Wolfgang TV & More

WMG Accused of illegally selling rap songs and keeping the money. (AllHipHop) Rdio becomes the first music streaming service to add an Amazon Payments option tapping into that huge user. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/04/news-brief-new-wmg-lawsuit-rdioamazon-sony-stumbles-neu

  • WMG Accused of illegally selling rap songs and keeping the money. (AllHipHop)
  • Rdio becomes the first music streaming service to add an Amazon Payments option tapping into that huge user base.
  • Sony's mis-steps. – From hidden rootkits on music CDs to the hacked network, the software company has suffered a lot of bad publicity. (Guardian) As the Sony Network outage stretched into Day 8…

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  • Neurotic Media has added “Music Check-In Incentives” to its private-label mobile sites. Here's an example.
  • Wolfgang's Vault adds free video streaming from its extensive concert archive.
  • This Whole Social Science Analysis Of The Pop Charts Thing Is Getting Out Of Hand. (NPR)
  • iTunes seen as position of power in publishing as it is in music. (San Jose Mercury News)
  • We Are Hunted Launches iPad App for Music Discovery (Mashable)
  • Amazon's Cloud Crash Disaster Permanently Destroyed Many Customers' Data (SAI)