REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Mega Launches Saturday. What Can We Expect From Kim Dotcom?
• How The Topspin, Beats Hookup Foretells The Future Of Music Retailing
• Music Tech Geekfest Video: Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Meets Google Translate
• MTV Announces "Artist To Watch" Music Discovery Campaign
• 2 Music Tech Trends For 2013 I Should Not Have Left Off My List

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• MTV Announces "Artist To Watch" Music Discovery Campaign
• SoundExchange Announces Record $135 Million 4th Quarter Payments, $462 Million In 2012
• Live Nation Bets On Ads & Sponsorship For Growth
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Ecommerce

• PledgeMusic Launches D2F Album Presale Campaign For Major Label Band Bring Me The Horizon
• Amazon Brings MP3 Store To Apple's iPhone, iPod

Job Exits

• Music Retailer HMV Appoints Administrators, 4000 Jobs At Risk
• Veteran Agent Terry Rhodes Exits ICM
• Top Music Tech Writer Greg Sandoval Resigns From CNET In Protest

Deals & Partnerships

• SOLD: CD Baby, Disc Makers, HostBaby
• Pandora To Pay Sony/ATV 25% Higher Rate
• Gracenote & LyricFind Partner, Walden's Larry Marcus Joins As Advisor
• Google Play Taps Harry Fox For Rights Management

Social Media

• Social Survey: Teens Love Tumblr Even More Than Facebook, Pay Attention To Snapchat
• Top 28 Most Popular Facebook Music Apps
• Facebook Introduces Graph: Smarter Internal Search, Partners with Microsoft Bing
• Researching Your Friends' Music Likes Without Facebook's Graph Search
• How To Control Who's Watching What You Listen To On Facebook

Streaming Music & Videos

• Top 5 Live Streaming Music Sources, Moments & Festivals From IROCKE
• Music Subscription Services Introduce You To Fans But Then You Must Take Them Away
• OneBeat To Stream EDM Videos To Microsoft XBox Live
• OraStream Streams The Highest Quality Music Your Device Can Handle
• Infographic: Does Streaming Music Hurt Sales?
• Murfie Stores Your CD's For Streaming Everywhere