It was a rollacoaster week for Spotify: Another indie label pulled, users were upset over a requirement for users to have a Facebook account. A survey showed they replace piracy, but users are exploring other services. At least, the Facebook hookup is working: users jumped from 3.4M to 5.3M in 1 week. Details here.
- Year To Date Album Sales Up 3%, Tracks Up 11%.
- With all the recent changes, did Facebook just pull a MySpace?
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