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# Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Sales Decline, Cloud Music, ZapTunes & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-5/
- Published: 2011-01-08T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-08T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: RealNetworks launched Unifi, a new music and media cloud service. Nielsen SoundScan reports U.S. album sales were down 13% in 2010. Reports say that a U.S. launch could've killed Spotify due to costs. ZapTunes plans to relaunch its fraud as. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/01/
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- **RealNetworks** launched **Unifi**, a new music and media cloud [service](https://www.hypebot.com/as-google-apple-hesitate-realnetworks-demos-unifi-cloud-media-service-at-ces/).
- Nielsen **SoundScan** reports U.S. album sales were down [13% in 2010](https://www.hypebot.com/us-music-sales-drop-again-in-2010-digital-flat/).
- Reports say that a U.S. launch could've killed **Spotify** due to [costs](https://www.hypebot.com/suicide-launch-should-we-be-happy-without-spotify/).
- **ZapTunes** plans to relaunch its fraud as a social network, [look out](https://www.hypebot.com/scamtunes-i-mean-zaptunes-is-back-as-a-social-network/)!

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More Rewind:

- Portishead's **Geoff Barrow** dismisses new media album [promotions](https://www.hypebot.com/portishead-against-the-machine-there-will-be-no-bonus-tracks-on-our-new-album/).
- From 2000-2010, the **RIAA** spent over 90 million on lobbying [efforts](https://www.hypebot.com/2000-2010-riaa-spends-90-million-on-lobbying/).
- **SoundCloud** embeds content ID tech to protect their [sound creators](https://www.hypebot.com/soundcloud-partners-with-audible-magic-gets-content-id-tech/).
- **Pandora** is going to start showing up in Toyota and BMW cars [now](https://www.hypebot.com/music-in-hand-music-in-car-the-future-to-come/).
- Digital-only record label **X5 Music** has landed $9.09 million [in funds](https://www.hypebot.com/digital-only-label-x5-music-gets-9-million-venture-funding-for-us-expansion/).
- **MOG's** app will now come as a standard install on [Verizon Androids](https://www.hypebot.com/mog-now-preinstalled-in-all-verizon-android-phones/).
- **Slacker Radio** previewed their streaming service and new iPad [app](https://www.hypebot.com/slacker-radio-previews-on-demand-streams-new-ipad-app/).
- Hypebot [interviewed](https://www.hypebot.com/free-trip-send-a-music-tech-company-to-sxsw/) the COO of **Rdio** on the start of their [company](https://www.hypebot.com/rdio-coo-believes-building-a-strong-community-will-help-differentiate-their-music-service/).
- U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that **promotional CDs** can be [resold](https://www.hypebot.com/court-tells-universal-we-can-resell-thier-promo-cds/).
- **BitTorrent** reached **100 million users**; here are five insights to [know](https://www.hypebot.com/5-important-things-to-know-about-bittorrent/).
- **RootMusic** got $2.3 million in funds to help build [Facebook pages](https://www.hypebot.com/rootmusic-gets-23-million-to-help-musicians-build-better-facebook-pages/).
- **Spotify** thinks that the **URL** will become the universal music [format](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-says-url-will-become-new-universal-music-format/).
- Hypebot [interviewed](https://www.hypebot.com/an-interview-with-thumbplay-music-ceo-evan-schwartz-on-music-streaming-and-piracy/) the CEO of **Thumbplay Music** on their [service](https://www.hypebot.com/an-interview-with-thumbplay-ceo-evan-schwartz-on-the-challenges-of-designing-a-music-service/).
- **Jon Ostrow** tells how artists can use [probabilistic promotion](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/01/4-ways-that-probabilistic-promotion-can-increase-sales-and-sign-ups-.html) tactics.
- What do **the masses** really think about pop music? Not [a whole lot](https://www.hypebot.com/eminem-condemns-the-state-of-hip-pop-music/).
- In the wake of looking for a buyer, **MySpace** may start firing [people](https://www.hypebot.com/massive-layoffs-loom-at-myspace-as-news-corp-looks-for-a-buyer/).
- If you've wondered why **bar music** is so loud, you should [read this](https://www.hypebot.com/drink-up-why-bar-music-is-so-damn-loud/).