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Thursday’s Music Brief: Questioning The Charts, Paste Saved, Ryko Cuts & More

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I'm curious if you like also having the links to new features on Hypebot in this daily post, as I did yesterday?  Or do you just find them in your RSS or by scrolling through the blog anyway?

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

  • Spun: The Off-the-Wall Accounting of Record Sales. Confusion Over Songs vs. Albums, Scant Historical Data Amplify Tallies for Michael Jackson and Other Pop Superstars. (WSJ)
  • $250,000 in reader donations saves Paste Magazine. (USA Today)
  • Gang leader charged in scheme to control punk rock. (Reuters)
  • MSN shouldn't guide Microsoft's music strategy. (cNet)
  • Musicians File Bankruptcy List (Noise Addicts)
  • Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference 2009 Announces Conversation with Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin (press release)
  • L.A. blogger sentenced for Guns N' Roses leak. (Reuters)
  • Rykodisc Records has been placed under WMG's Independent Label Group. 5 staffers have been let go and what's left of the label will be overseen by Rykodisc head of A&R Ruby Marchand. (Billboard)