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# REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review/
- Published: 2012-04-15T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-04-15T07:00:00.000Z
- Description: Spotify Lost $59M In 2011, Projects $889M Revenue & More Losses In 2012. This Week Spotify Added Free Music Play Button For Web Sites, Blogs &Tumblr Court Documents Reveal Live. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

[](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/spotify-lost-59m-in-2011-projects-889m-revenue-more-losses-in-2012-.html) **[![image from www.hypebot.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2016304255ac7970d-50wi "image from www.hypebot.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2016304255ac7970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Spotify Lost $59M In 2011**, Projects $889M Revenue & More Losses In 2012\. This Week [**Spotify Added Free Music Play Button**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-adds-free-music-play-button-for-web-sites-blogs-tumblr/) For Web Sites, Blogs &Tumblr

- Court Documents Reveal **[Live Nation Paid $2.9 Million In Kickbacks](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/court-documents-reveal-live-nation-paid-29-million-in-kickbacks-by-nj-venues-.html)** By NJ Venues
- A Timeline: **[Universal Music Group vs. Grooveshark vs. Digital Music News](https://www.hypebot.com/timeline-universal-music-group-vs-grooveshark-vs-digital-music-news/)**
- RIAA, NMPA, DiMA Agree On [**New Digital Music Rates**](https://www.hypebot.com/major-music-trade-groups-agree-on-new-digital-rates/)
- [**Amazon Digital Sales Up 29%**](https://www.hypebot.com/amazon-digital-sales-up-29apples-itunes-sales-flat/), iTunes Sales Flat

**MORE:**

- A Look **[Inisde Readymade Records](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/young-hines-an-insiders-view-of-readymade-records-first-release-.html)**: Meet Artist **[Young Hines.](https://www.hypebot.com/young-hines-guest-post/)**
- Wilco Experiment With [**Dynamic Concert Ticket Prices**](https://www.hypebot.com/jeff-tweedy-wilco-experiment-with-dynamic-concert-ticket-prices/)
- [**Music Tech Startup News:**](https://www.hypebot.com/music-tech-startup-news-bread-humanfankind-twitmusic-audiosocket/) Bre.ad, HumanFankind, TwitMusic, Audiosocket
- **Jimmy Iovine** Calls [**Subscription Music "Culturally Inadequate**](https://www.hypebot.com/music-exec-jimmy-iovine-calls-subscription-music-culturally-inadequate-plans-alternative/)", Plans Alternative
- **Music Supervisors** On [How They Find Indie Music](https://www.hypebot.com/music-supervisors-on-how-they-find-indie-music-for-movies-tv-part-2/) For Movies & TV \[Part 2\]
- **[YouTube Opens Partner Program](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/indie-musiciansd-get-new-revenue-stream-as-youtube-opens-partner-program-to-all-.html)** To All
- The [**Week In Music Publishing**](https://www.hypebot.com/the-week-in-music-publishing-4612-1/) 4.6.12
- [**Axl Rose To Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame**](https://www.hypebot.com/axl-rose-to-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-i-wont-be-attending-full-statement/): " I Won't Be Attending" \[Full Statement\]
- **Pandora** Stock Hits [**All Time Low**](https://www.hypebot.com/pandora-stock-hits-all-time-low/)
- Ad Hoc[ **Music Blogger Collective**](https://www.hypebot.com/ad-hocs-blogger-collective-takes-altered-zones-to-the-next-level/) Rises From Ashes Of Pitchfork's Altered Zones
- How Would YOU [**Monetize Young Buck's Soon To Be Liquidated Music**](https://www.hypebot.com/how-would-you-monetize-young-bucks-soon-to-be-liquidated-music-and-rights/)?
- [**CoinDL: "iTunes Of The Bitcoin World".**](https://www.hypebot.com/coindl-launches-itunes-of-the-bitcoin-world-employing-new-digital-currency/) Can Digital Currency Create New Music Revenue Stream?