REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• Do Kanye West & Nickelback Share a Fan Base?
• 31 Digital Music Execs on How P2P Battle Led To Music Industry Demise
• Universal Music Loses Round To Grooveshark Who Issues Statement
• Check Out the Full Text Of UMG vs. Escape Media (Grooveshark) Court Ruling
• See Hypebot's Music Industry News Briefing at RebelMouse

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• SoundExchange Appoints 3 New Board Members
• 32% Of Global Consumers Stream Music but Only 16.4M Are Willing to Pay
• MediaNet Reveals Every New Release Has 22 Million Competitors

Mergers & Partnerships

• Universal Music CEO Seeks Regulator Approval & Envisions "Manifesto For The New Music Industry"
• BuzzMedia Buys Spin Magazine
• Nimbit D2F Platform Sold To PreSonus
• Does Liberty Media's Increased Stake in Live Nation Signal a Coming Buyout?
• Eventbrite Announces Partnership with Disco Donnie Presents
• Musicmetric Partners with A2IM & Expands to U.S.

Social Media

• Pinterest Beats Twitter, StumbleUpon & Bing for Referral Traffic
• Facebook Adds Spotify Music Sharing Feature to Artist Fan Pages
• BBC Investigation Reveals More Than 50 Million Fake Facebook Accounts are Liking Pages

Apps & Mobile

• Live Nation Launches Android App
• Jammit's Play Along Software Uses Original Master Recordings Of Rock Hits
• Sonarflow Signals the End Of Content Overload On Spotify
• Songza Brings Music Concierge To Android & Adds Summer Playlists
• Interview with Bart Decrem: Creator Of Tap Tap Revenge Music Game Apps