Music Industry News: Facebook Email, Spotify Stats, Gigaboxx Drops Fees, Ping To iPad & More

• Stay tuned for today's Facebook announcement of their new email service.  Referred to by Facebook staff internally as the Gmail killer, expect full integration with the social network (NYT) We'll have details as soon as they are announced and want your ideas of creative ways that Facebook email can be used to connect with fans.
• Spotify By The Numbers: High Royalty Outgoings, U.S. By Christmas? (paidContent)

More Music Industry News & Commentary:

• Mobile Music Download Store Gigaboxx Dumps Subscription Charge For Artists And Labels (TechCrunch)
• Apple Adds Ping to its iTunes App for iPad. (PC)
• Scratching Under the Vinyl Era. (NYT)
• SoulSeek – Standing the Test of Time. (Slyck) 
• The End of Originality In Music. (RantRave)
• One on One: Tim Wu, Author of ‘The Master Switch’. (Bits)
• When The RIAA Is The 'Standard' For Evil. (Techdirt)
• Digg This: A cautionary tale for Web 2.0 companies. (Newsweek)
• The Harry Fox Agency has produced a third quarter 2010 Top 10 Publishers Airplay Chart for the Top 100 songs and the Top 10 Country Music Publishers Chart for Top 100 country songs for the latest issue of Billboard.
• From AM radio to satellite TV: seven decades of FCC regulation. (ars)