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# Overheard @ SF MusicTech
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/over-heard-today-sfmusictech/
- Published: 2009-12-08T02:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-12-08T02:30:00.000Z
- Description: Celia Hirshman: "iTunes market share is down from 90% to 69%." Is there an opening for more niche stores? Updates on MySpace are now fed directly to Google search. "If. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/12/over-heard-today-sfmusictech.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

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- Celia Hirshman: "**iTunes market share is down** from 90% to 69%." Is there an opening for more niche stores?
- **Updates on MySpace** are now fed **directly to Google** search.
- ![](file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/BHOUGH%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png)[](http://twitter.com/DannyDee?ref=hypebot.com)"If your label and your manager **don't get digital or social media**, FIRE them."
- [](http://twitter.com/midasoracle?ref=hypebot.com)"Panelist asked **how many people still check their MySpace page,** and not many hands went up"
- Rhapsody's **Tim Quirk**:
- - "People who say 'musicians should just be artists' are **feeding bullshit to musicians**."
  - "Facebook doesn't need a music strategy, **music needs a Facebook strategy**."
- [](http://twitter.com/mmasnick?ref=hypebot.com) Steve Jenkins of Third Eye Blind: "**Piracy gave our band a second chance**" let new generation of fans discover them…

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