- Luke Lewis predicts that streaming will stop looking like the future.
- MySpace cut 500 staffers . Where will musicians go when it falls?
- New reports say that Spotify is much closer a U.S. launch now.
- A major CD-manufacturing plant is being closed down in Jersey.
More Rewind:
- Skyline Music launched book a band / plant a tree campaign.
- SoundCloud announced raising $10 million in venture funding.
- Apple’s iTunes application turned 10 years old this past Sunday.
- In the near future, traditional radio will be just another application.
- New report indicates that piracy sites attract 53 billion visits yearly.
- Hypebot interviewed DFTBA Records cofounder Alan Lastufka.
- Is Ultimate Chart more than just media hype? I argued that it is.
- Courts forced major labels to pay $45M for copyright infringement.
- 50 Cent managed to make $10M from tweeting about a stock buy.
- Court allowed a price fixing suit against major labels to carry on.
- Eisley’s song leaked online. They gave fans a better copy for free.
- Scientists have found that our brain enjoys music like it does sex.
- Pandora released impressive year-end stats – + 75 million users.
- Hypebot interviewed UK economist Joe Cox on music piracy .
- Break through the noise or be the noise. It is your choice now.
- Douglas Rushkoff predicts that Facebook will begin to decline.
- In two months, The Beatles sold more than 5 million downloads.
