REWIND: The Music Industry Week In Review

It was another big news week in the music industry and I've pick the top stories below. I'm particularly excited by the response to a request for help building a database of music 2.0 success stories to help show that artists don't need big labels to "make it". Please contribute. It was a sad week at MySpace as they let go of hundreds of staffers, but a Hypebot poll showed the service is still alive and kicking.

• Prove that artists don't need big labels to "make it": Help build a Database Of Music 2.0 Success Stories
• EMI sued Grooveshark
• EU music conference Popkomm has been canceled
• Facebook passed MySpace in US and worldwide traffic for the first time and MySpace cut 30% of its staff.  But a Hypebot poll showed the social networker is still an important music marketing tool.
• New album releases have been hit particularly hard by the sales downturn
• A verdict in RIAA vs.Thomas-Rasset trial: guilty and  $19.2 million
• Virgin Media & Universal launch unlimited download service
• eMusic CEO blames indie labels for price increase
• Report says music sales 83% digital by 2013
• 10 Most Creative People In Music Business according to Fast Company
• Jelli crowdsources radio programming
• Exclusive Hypebot video interviews: Ex- Judas Priest Rob Halford On His Record Label & More, Sandy Bitman Of Park Ave CD's, Eric LeMasters of E1/Koch, Duncan Hutchinson Of Rights Flow and Blackheart Records
• What The Ad Industry Thinks Of The Music Industry
• imeem and WMG are working together again
• Kyle Bylin: 50% of Country Music Fans Can't File-Share
• Video: Twitter & The Death Of Music Criticism
• Fill out an Online Music Marketing Report Card
• The Digital Britain Report and a roundup of reaction
• Hypebot On The CD Baby Podcast: Booking, the musical middle class & more