More Music Industry News: UK Music Industry Is Up 5%, Kazaa Is Back To Life, & Clear Channel Apps

• PRS report says UK music industry was up 5% in 2009. (Billboard.biz)
• Why E-Commerce Is Flourishing. (Forbes)
• Barnes and Noble bookstore chain put up for sale. (Guardian)
• Social Media Use Cases: Arcade Fire. (RWW)
• More Coverage: Topspin and Arcade Fire (Topspin)
• Copyright Office Rules in Favor of Fair Use and Consumer Freedom. (HuffPost)
• 'Free' movies, songs no more as colleges bust file-sharing. (USAToday)
• Clear Channel’s Free Apps Are A Money-Maker. (Moconews)
• Lollapalooza 2010: Bigger than ever, but will it be better. (GregKot)
• Kazaa is resurrected, but why? (LATimes)
• Always-on technology: Are we adapting, or losing focus? (USAToday)
• Most Internet time now spent with social networks, games. (Ars)
• Results From Our Survey Of NPR Facebook Fans. (NPR)
• Music: Pricing Itself out of the Market? (CC)
• Indmill: The latest plan to save the music industry. (Indie)
• Sick of Justin Beiber yet? Paramount is working a full length feature film biopic in… 3D. (Deadline)
• Slacker has partnered with retailer Hot Topic to add a one click "buy merchandise" icon to the online radio providers player.  It will link to relevant merchandise, ranging from t-shirts to hoodies and DVDs to vinyl records, from ShockHound, a Hot Topic subsidiary. (press release)
• Narm Webinar: Mid-Year Sales Trends Analyzed, August 5 • 4-5 PM EST. (Register)

Notes:

• Apologies for the broken links yesterday, the fault lies somewhere between myself and the new, and not improved Typepad.
• Also, we are still considering new authors at Music Think Tank.
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