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# Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Spotify, MySpace, Pandora, Streaming & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review-spotify-myspace-pandora-streaming-more/
- Published: 2011-01-15T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-15T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: 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. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/01/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review-spotify-myspace-pandora-st
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- **Luke Lewis** predicts that streaming will stop looking like [ the future](https://www.hypebot.com/luke-lewis-streaming-will-stop-looking-like-the-future-which-means-piracy-will-flourish/).
- **MySpace** [cut](https://www.hypebot.com/official-myspace-cuts-500-47-of-staff/) 500 [ staffers ](https://www.hypebot.com/ceos-xeroxed-letter-to-500-laid-off-staffers-asks-them-to-all-stay-connected-with-myspace/) . Where will musicians go when [it falls](https://www.hypebot.com/as-myspace-falls-where-will-fans-musicians-go/)?
- New reports say that **Spotify** is much closer a U.S. launch [now](https://www.hypebot.com/report-spotify-much-closer-to-us-launch-with-support-of-two-major-labels/).
- A major **CD-manufacturing plant** is being closed down in [Jersey](https://www.hypebot.com/sign-of-the-times-sony-closes-major-cd-manufacturing-plant-in-new-jersey/).

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**More Rewind**:

- **Skyline Music** launched book a band / plant a [tree campaign](https://www.hypebot.com/skyline-music-launches-book-a-band-plant-a-tree/).
- **SoundCloud** announced raising $10 million in [venture funding](https://www.hypebot.com/soundcloud-raises-10-million-in-venture-funding-for-us-expansion/).
- Apple’s **iTunes** application turned 10 years old this [past Sunday](https://www.hypebot.com/apples-itunes-turns-10-years-old-dominates-music/).
- In the near future, traditional **radio** will be just another [application](https://www.hypebot.com/the-twisting-fate-of-radio-its-just-another-app/).
- New report indicates that **piracy** sites attract 53 billion visits [yearly](https://www.hypebot.com/report-piracy-sites-attract-53-billion-visits-yearly/).
- Hypebot [ interviewed ](https://www.hypebot.com/an-interview-with-dftba-records-co-founder-alan-lastufka-on-the-culture-of-youtube/) **DFTBA Records** cofounder [ Alan Lastufka](https://www.hypebot.com/an-interview-with-dftba-records-co-founder-alan-lastufka-on-creating-full-time-musicians-product-mixes/).
- Is **Ultimate Chart** more than just media hype? I argued that [it is](https://www.hypebot.com/in-defense-of-ultimate-chart-its-more-than-hype/).
- Courts forced **major labels** to pay $45M for copyright [infringement](https://www.hypebot.com/major-labels-pay-45-million-for-copyright-infringement-claims/).
- **50 Cent** managed to make $10M from tweeting about a [stock buy](https://www.hypebot.com/50-cent-made-10m-yesterday-follow-him-on-twitter-before-the-feds-come-you-can-too/).
- Court allowed a **price fixing suit** against major labels to [carry on](https://www.hypebot.com/supreme-court-says-major-label-price-fixing-lawsuit-can-move-forward/).
- **Eisley’s** song leaked online. They gave fans a better copy for [free](https://www.hypebot.com/heres-a-better-version-for-free-how-one-band-responded-to-their-song-getting-leaked/).
- Scientists have found that our brain **enjoys** music like it does [sex](https://www.hypebot.com/what-sex-and-great-music-really-have-in-common/).
- **Pandora** released impressive year-end stats – + [75 million users](https://www.hypebot.com/pandora-stats-75-million-listeners-3-billion-thumbs-mostly-up/).
- Hypebot [ interviewed ](https://www.hypebot.com/heightened-awareness-of-legal-sites-wont-steer-fans-away-from-music-piracy-interview/) **UK economist Joe Cox**  on [ music piracy ](https://www.hypebot.com/efforts-to-prevent-piracy-destined-to-fail-its-hard-to-police-people-at-home-interview/) .
- Break through the noise or **be the noise**. It is your choice [now](https://www.hypebot.com/lost-in-twitter-your-last-tweet-was-1-out-of-25-billion/).
- Douglas Rushkoff predicts that **Facebook** will begin to [decline](https://www.hypebot.com/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-facebook/).
- In two months, **The Beatles** sold more than 5 million [downloads](https://www.hypebot.com/itunes-sells-5-million-beatles-downloads-in-2-months/).