REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
- Investor Guy Hands wants to break up EMI.
- Ad supported Guvera to launch in U.S. on March 20th.
- Spotify users average 15,000 tracks per playlist.
- Cheap Trick's manager David Frey responds to SoundScan controversy.
- Fast Company Magazine names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies.
- Topspin's Ian Rogers on artist marketing: "Do something small weekly, something big monthly".
- The RIAA looks back at a decade of platinum certifications.
- iTunes near's 10 billion downloads.
- Sprite turns Drake in a robot.
- Radio fights performance royalties with new ads. VOTE: Should radio pay?
- Seth Godin: The Exponential Power Of Viral.
- EMI to sell Abbey Road Studios.
- Pirate Bay founder peddles a new micro-payback system.
- Gaming gets social, but where's the music?
- Survey: 30% of U.S. never use the net.
- Indie rockers Camper Van Beetohven asks their fans to finance a trip to SXSW.