Monday’s Music Brief: Swedish Sales Jump, Google Pays Pennies, A2IM, Tunecore & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Billboard Hires 2 Top Music Industry Bloggers
• Sweden Sees 100% Increase In Legal Downloads After Tough Laws Enacted
• Kyle Bylin – Pandora: Putting the “ME” Back into Mass-Media
• Ad Supported P2P Qtrax Launches…Again
• Limited Edition Prince Opus iPod Just $2100
• Daily DIY – Your Live Mix
• REWIND: Music's Week In Review
• All This Week On Hyepbot: The Future Of The Album
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  • "End Of The Album As The Organizing Principle" – A guest post by Gang Of Four founding member Dave Allen.
    
  • In Defense Of The Album" – A commentary that we ran last week by Scott Perry of The New Music Tip Sheet. 
  • POLL:  Vote and tell us, "Does The Album Have A Future?"
  • COMMENT: Leave your opinions wherever you're inspired to.

MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:

• "Rick Rolling" may be a worldwide phenomena, but Rick Astley producer Rick Waterman is crying foul after getting a Google royalty check for just 11 pounds sterling or $16.12 USD. (Telegraph)
• A2IM, The American Association of Independent Music, has named Jennifer Masset as Director of Membership Services. In addition to being a member of A2IM's New Media Committee, Masset served as US Label Manager for !K7 Records for the past 7 years.
• TuneCore CEO Jeff Price discusses music marketing and the state of the music industry. (SF Examiner)
• Technology and music sectors call a truce. (FT) These journalist see signs of optimisim and cooperation that I just don't see.
• John Doe of X on the value of record labels.(Know The Music Biz)