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Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Spotify, Hyperlocal Blogs, Music Websites & More

What are the most popular music websites in 2010? See here. .Music answered the piracy concerns brought up by the RIAA. This is a two part interview about hyperlocal music. Continue reading

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The Most Popular Music Websites In 2010

Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv, has created a fascinating music website heat map; it depicts estimated web-based music consumption in the U.S. in 2010. The visualization is based. Continue reading

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Talib Kweli: “It’s Over… We ‘re At The Wake” Of The Music Industry [VIDEO]

Talib Kweli relased his latest, Gutter Rainbows, as digital-only. "The CD is dead," Keli tells MTV News. "The music industry doesn’t exist….when you have records that are being played 3,000. Continue reading

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Piracy Havens? – .Music Answers RIAA Concerns, Requires Accounts To Be Verified Like Twitter

Mid-January, the RIAA screamed "Flame On!" and decried the .music initiative – one that hasn't even officially launched – as potential piracy havens, or the enemy. The trade group challenged. Continue reading

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4 Main Purposes of Hyperlocal Blogs [INTERVIEW]

This is part two of my interview with Jordan Stepp. She's Editor in Chief of Athens Music Junkie. Stepp started writing about the music scene in Athens, GA in 2008. Since. Continue reading

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Ticketbattle! – The Ticketmaster, AEG Deathmatch

AEG has joined forces with OutBox to take over ticketing at its105 arenas and theaters. This positions the company as a direct rival of Livenation's Ticketmaster. But according to Andrew Dreskin,. Continue reading

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25 Biggest Music Industry Stories [January Edition]

Why My Band Left MySpace & Facebook – For Good. Musicians Refuse To Play Longer, Get Shot & Killed. Top Ten Most Requested Cover Songs of 2010. Why The Decline. Continue reading

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Hating Pandora Today, Loving It Tomorrow

I hate you. I've had an iPod Touch now for several months. The experience is astoundingly unlike my former iPod. Years ago, blinded by choice, I may have listened to. Continue reading

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New Approach to Fight Music Piracy Needed

Not a week goes by where we don't write one story that involves or mentions music piracy. To this day, it's the number one industry discussion topic. How do we. Continue reading

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ShareSquare Upgrades QR Music Promo Tool & We’ve Got Free Private Beta Invites

ShareSquare has been private beta testing QR codes (barcodes scanned via smartphones) that bridge the offline-to-online gap to create crowd-sourced street teams for musicians over the last 2 months. Today,. Continue reading

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