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# REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review-2-7/
- Published: 2010-05-15T06:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-05-15T06:03:00.000Z
- Description: EMI NEWS: Terra Firma raised just enough cash to keep the label group from defaulting. Now that it's saved, will anyone buy EMI? Sony says they might. PLUS: In an. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/05/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review-2-7.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

- **[![image from sanctumla.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2012876c65b2b970c-250wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2012876c65b2b970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) EMI NEWS:** Terra Firma raised [just enough cash](https://www.hypebot.com/emi-saved-for-now/) to **keep the label group from defaulting**. Now that it's saved, **[will anyone buy EMI](https://www.hypebot.com/will-anyone-can-anyone-buy-emi/)?** **Sony says [they might](https://www.hypebot.com/sony-says-they-may-bid-for-emi/).** PLUS: In an informal poll two thirds of Hypebot readers think the major label group [isn't worth saving](https://www.hypebot.com/vote-should-emi-be-saved/).
- **[Losses grow](https://www.hypebot.com/losses-grow-at-live-nation-merger-costs-ticket-sales-tickets-now-damage-bottom-line/)** at concert and ticketing giant **Live Natio**n.
- Is Apple planning to announce **[iTunes in the cloud](https://www.hypebot.com/will-apple-announce-itunes-in-the-cloud-june-7th/) on June 7th?**
- RIAA wins **[major court ruling](https://www.hypebot.com/riaa-wins-major-court-ruling-against-limewire/) against LimeWire**.
- [![image from bes.bullardisd.net](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2013480e30dd2970c-250wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2013480e30dd2970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Interview: **Steve Almond of How Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life.** [Part 1](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/05/interview-steve-almond-of-how-rock-and-roll-will-save-your-life-.html) & [Part 2](https://www.hypebot.com/interview-steve-almond-of-how-rock-and-roll-will-save-your-life-part-2/).
- **HELP KYLE! –** Kyle Bylin asks readers for help with an essay: **[Choice, A Paradox Or A Paradise](https://www.hypebot.com/ask-the-readers-choice-a-paradox-or-paradise/)?**
- **WMG & UMG** both [drop lawsuits](https://www.hypebot.com/umg-drops-project-playlist-lawsuit-joins-sony-emi/) against **Project Playlist**.
- Move over Steve Jobs, **[Android just passed the iPhone](https://www.hypebot.com/move-over-jobs-android-just-passed-iphone-in-us/)** in the U.S.
- Press Pause Play: **Are a [new breed of artists](https://www.hypebot.com/are-a-new-breed-of-artists-musicians-emerging-from-the-digital-swamp/) emerging from the digital**  
**swamp?**
- **Rocktopia:** A [virtual theme park](https://www.hypebot.com/rocktopia-a-virtual-theme-park-for-rock-fans/) for rock fans.
- **[LoKast social app](https://www.hypebot.com/lokast-social-app-gains-transaction-at-concerts/)** gains traction at concerts.
- **Sign** the ACLU's **[Facebook privacy petition](https://www.hypebot.com/sign-aclu-facebook-privacy-petition/).**
- **SongVote** launches a [collaborative playlist](https://www.hypebot.com/songvotecom-a-collaborative-playlist-platform/) platform.
- **Accept [credit cards at the merch table](https://www.hypebot.com/accept-credit-cards-at-merch-table-with-square/)** with Square.
- Online concerts *[get social with Big Live](https://www.hypebot.com/big-live-brings-social-networking-to-online-concerts/)*.
- **[Paydio + Spotify](https://www.hypebot.com/playdio-spotify-legal-full-songs-for-podcasts/)** \= legal full songs for podcasts.
- Graphic proof of **the [death of the album](https://www.hypebot.com/graphic-proof-of-the-death-of-the-album/)**.