Thursday’s Music Brief: MOG, PayPal, French 3 Strikes, Eminem, Twitter, Zappa & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

•  PayPal MicroPayments May Help Make Direct To Fan Sales Dream A Reality
• MOG Music Network Gets A Makeover
• INgrooves Adds Shanachie, Fat Possum, SideOne
• Survey: Despite Recession Fans Will Buy Music
• SoundCloud Atracts $3.3M Funding
• Future Of The Album Week: Hypebot Readers Speak Out

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

• France to reintroduce the three strike law in Parliment. (DMW)
• Advantageous mp3 compares mp3 prices. (PopMatters)
• How working musicians try to make themselves recession-proof: Drywall and Led Zeppelin (Chicago Tribune)
• Eminem Says Hip-Hop Back On The Upswing (FMQB) What would he say?
• GigMaven’s DIY Strategy by Jay Smith @ Pollstar.com
• Clear Channel's Repeater Radio Sham
• Twitter Added 5 Million Users In March
• Frank Zappa's Wife Continues To Claim Cover Bands Can't Play His Music (Even Though They Can) (TechDirt)
• Largest pop music archive puts catalog online. (AP)