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The Weekly Music News Rap-Up (Digipendence Day Edition)

July 4th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Food For Thought

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  • Pandora poster Pandora is forcing $29.95 payments from indie bands. Founder Tim Westergren responded to the controversy and others are sharing their opinions in a poll.
  • Pirate Bay was sold to Global Gaming Factory and is launching The Video Bay
  • The Michael Jackson Effect: an unprecedented spike in sales, concert promoter AEG discusses the cancellation and a commentary “The Music Industry, Michael Jackson & The Zombieconomy“
  • Sony invested in digital distributor IODA
  • The Hype Machine blog outed artists for chart manipulation
  • Music analytics firm Band Metrics expanded its private beta
  • ReverbNation Survey: How is the Economic Downturn Affecting Artists?
  • Join Hypebot’s online networking party
  • Can what’s cool and uncool be rated?
  • Essay: The Bullet That Works Best Hasn’t Changed. It’s Just Changed Hands
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