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# REWIND: eMusic Loses Indies, Beatles On iTunes, Facebook Hurts Marketing, WMG To Buy EMI & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-emusic-loses-indies-beatles-on-itunes-facebook-hurts-marketing-wmg-to-buy-emi-more/
- Published: 2010-11-20T00:45:24.000Z
- Updated: 2010-11-20T00:45:24.000Z
- Description: eMusic lost indie labels on relaunch, now has variable pricing. The challenge of raising activity with passivity in music fans. Facebook's new messaging system makes marketing harder. Reports say that. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/11/rewind-emusic-loses-indies-beatles-on-it
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- **eMusic** lost [indie labels](https://www.hypebot.com/on-eve-of-relaunch-emusic-loses-3-key-indie-labels-suscribers-not-happy/) on relaunch, now has variable [pricing](https://www.hypebot.com/emusic-relaunches-with-variable-pricing/).
- The challenge of **raising activity** with passivity in music [fans](https://www.hypebot.com/activity-not-passivity-raising-cultural-awareness/).
- **Facebook's** new messaging system makes marketing [harder](https://www.hypebot.com/facebooks-new-modern-messaging-system-could-make-marketing-more-difficult/).
- Reports say that **iTunes** deal with **the** **Beatles** is not [short-term](https://www.hypebot.com/emi-says-itunes-beatles-exclusive-not-short-term/).
- Insights into **WMG's** stance on revenue streams and [Google](https://www.hypebot.com/from-wmg-earnings-call-emi-spotify-the-cloud/).
- **WMG** is also planning on buying **EMI** for a sum of [$750M](https://www.hypebot.com/warner-music-group-plannning-750m-emi-bid/).
- How **Indaba Music** Harnesses Cognitive Surplus. ([Part 1](https://www.hypebot.com/three-major-innovations-that-set-the-foundation-for-large-scale-online-collaboration-and-indaba-musi/), [2](https://www.hypebot.com/how-550000-musicians-collabrate-create-together/), & [3](https://www.hypebot.com/undergoing-disruptive-painful-innovation-is-natural/))

[![image from media.scout.com](https://a4.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f4f0147c970b-50wi "image from media.scout.com")](http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/24/244011.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) **Rewind With The Music Industry Week In Review:**

- Do **PROs** hurt artists' creativity and weaken local music [ecology](https://www.hypebot.com/undergoing-disruptive-painful-innovation-is-natural/)?
- **Myspace** collaborates with **Facebook** to stop dwindling [traffic](https://www.hypebot.com/announcement-myspace-hopes-mashup-with-facebook-can-save-its-sorry-ass-watch-a-demo/).
- **Songkick** shows the top ten best places to see a rock [concert](https://www.hypebot.com/top-10-best-places-to-see-a-rock-concert-in-us/).
- How the battle between **EMI** and **MP3tunes** shapes cloud [music](https://www.hypebot.com/eff-consumer-advocates-say-emi-vs-mp3tunes-court-battle-threatens-online-safe-harbor/).
- An argument for **fan funding** made by singer songwriter [Bleu](https://www.hypebot.com/an-arguement-for-fan-funding-id-rather-be-owned-by-my-fans-than-by-a-record-company/).
- A look into how **Garth Brooks** harms the incomes of other [artists](https://www.hypebot.com/how-garth-brooks-harms-music-incomes-of-others/).
- Hypebot asks does **litigation** drive **innovation** in [media piracy](https://www.hypebot.com/does-litigation-drive-innovation-in-media-piracy/)?
- What users want: **MP3 player** on steroids vs. a **radio** on [crack](https://www.hypebot.com/mp3-player-on-steroids-vs-radio-on-crack-cocaine/).
- It's official and underwhelming, **the Beatles** are now on [iTunes](https://www.hypebot.com/official-the-beatles-available-on-itunes/).
- An interview with **Dave Cool** on the [indie artists](https://www.hypebot.com/what-is-indie-an-unsigned-artist-plain-and-simple/) and their [rise](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/11/indie-artists-might-spend-2-just-to-make-a-dollar-.html).
- The **music industry** must build the future, protect the [present](https://www.hypebot.com/protecting-the-present-while-building-the-future/).
- A video history of musc and why **fan funding** matters [today](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/11/how-fan-funding-encourages-active-audiences-.html).
- There are opportunities for **music industry coverage** to [do better](https://www.hypebot.com/say-anything-the-sad-state-of-industry-coverage/).