Fridays Music Brief: Songza Sold, Facebook vs. Pirate Bay, Twitter, CD Baby & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Grateful Dead Marry Concert Photos With Blurb On Demand Publishing
- New Column: You Can Always Go Back To School
- Amie Street Bought Songza 6 Months Ago
- Video: Trent Reznor On New Business Models, Distribution Channels & More
- Google & Universal Announce VEVO Channel
- NEXT WEEK: THE FUTURE OF THE ALBUM – An In Depth Look.
MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:
- Facebook has blocked Pirate Bay who had recently added a "Share On Facebook" button. (ars)
- Universal Pictures, Virgin Media and Gorillaz are among the first brands to launch commercial services on Twitter through a new company backed by the blogging site to manage demand from brands. (New Media Age)
- UK rights society PRS has yet to make a deal with YouTube, but thy just finished one with Spotify. (Times UK)
- CD Baby is in the middle of a redesign and will add Artist Pages. Here's a sneak preview from CD Baby via Digital Audio Insider.
- Is this the future of media? Snoop Dog on his Ustream channel smoking a ton of weed and playing music…(Boing Boing)
- Watch out Live Nation, Sony Music has launched a touring division in Australia. (Billboard)
- Digital Music Streaming Startup tunesBag Releases Desktop Application. (TechCrunch)
- A new report concludes: "Digital Music "No Magic Pill" For Solving Google’s Chinese Challenge. (BusinessWire)
- Social Media Networks Are Music's Curse and Salvation. (Epicenter) This article is by Eliot Van Buskirk. It's good to see this great writer still online despite layoff rumors…at least for now.
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