REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Limewire settled with the RIAA and labels for $105M, but it appears artists won't see a dime.
• WMG Sale Update – A shareholder filed a lawsuit to block the sale to Access Industries.  At the same time Access is looking to add EMI to it's portfolio.
• Major Label Losses: Universal Muisc's revenue fell 5%, sales were down 2.7% and losses widened at WMG.
• As MySpace pageviews dropped another 50% within the last two months, founder and former CEO Chris DeWolfe pondered making a comeback. 

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