REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Exposing The Voice's Humiliating Contracts
• The Best and Worst Times To Post on Social Media
• Band Games Spotify To Fund Tour, Streams "Most Silent Album Ever Recorded"
• Fan Videos Make Labels More Money Than Official Music Videos, Says Universal Exec
• Ticketing News: SFXE Acquires Flavorus, Eventbrite Valued At $1 Billion, Brown Paper Tickets Innovates

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SXSW Music

• Watch Lady Gaga's SXSW Keynote: 'Don't Sell Out, Sell In'
• SXSW Music Panel Highlights: Stars and CEOs On The Art and Business Of Music
• Complete List of 'Music Things' From #SXSW 2014 Trade Show
• SXSW's 2014 Grulke Prize Winners: Damon Albarn, Future Islands, The Strypes
• SXSW Crash Victim Gets Bedside Concert From Her Favorite Band
• Slash Talks Hacking and His Favorite Winning Hacks From Slashathon
• Jimi Hendrix Stamp Dedicated At SXSW Hendrix Celebration Concert

Revenue Reports

• U.S. Streaming Music Grows To $1.43 Billion, Says RIAA
• IFPI Report: Global Music Revenue Plateaus, Japan Plunges, Hope In New Markets
• How Digital Music Revenue Has Grown In The Last 10 Years

Deals and Funding

• Neil Young's Pono Music Has Raised $4.2M On Kickstarter
• UBC Confirms 7 Digital Acquisition, $57 Million In New AudioBoo Financing
• William Morris Endeavor's Marc Geiger Joins Impressive Audiam Investor List

Music Services

• Pono CEO Says He'll Still Enjoy Spotify and Sonos
• Michael Robertson Found Liable In MP3tunes EMI Copyright Case, Could Owe EMI $63 Million For Infringement
• Pandora Raises Rates and CTO Tom Conrad Steps Down In Wake Of ASCAP Trial
• ASCAP vs. Pandora Verdict Saved Music Streamer $21 Million
• Beats Music Added 1000 Subscribers Daily In First Month But Are They Really Converting 70% Of Trials To Paid Subscribers?
• Rhapsody, Napster End Echo Nest Partnership, Announce 40% Paid Subscriber Growth

Music Tech

• YouTube Updates Content ID Changes For Creators
• Video: What Is An API?
• Turntable Officially Closes, Founder Billy Chasen Turns To Personal Network App
• WillCall's Music Concert App Adds Los Angeles
• AirBulb Just Put A Speaker In Your Lightbulb