YouTube's regular music audience and its impact on other services

http://musically.com/2014/10/29/youtube-music-audience/

Spotify and Echo Nest's Truffle Pig playlisting plans

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/19/the-sonic-mad-scientists/

how much money One Direction make

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29739709

inside the making of Pharrell's Happy (one of the most effective music videos of all time)

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3037310/innovation-by-design/inside-the-making-of-pharrells-happy

the soaring financial cost of blocking pirate sites

http://torrentfreak.com/the-soaring-financial-cost-of-blocking-pirate-sites-141019/

a lengthy interview with Daniel Glass

http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php?encoreId=485&articleId=49770

Rick Rubin returns to the NYU dorm room where he founded Def Jam

ten hits you probably didn't know were cover versions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29568083

good FT interview with Simon Cowell

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/933257b6-4f3d-11e4-9c88-00144feab7de.html#axzz3G11EzIIg

Who will be the First Fired Label Execs over Spotify Fiasco & Cannibalization?

http://thetrichordist.com/2014/10/09/who-will-be-the-first-fired-label-execs-over-spotify-cannibalization/

the costs of being an opening act

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6273989/opening-acts-losing-money

Anatomy of a hit: how Mr Probz came to America

https://insights.spotify.com/us/2014/09/30/anatomy-of-a-hit-how-mr-probz-came-to-america/

the music industry's 99 problems (mostly wrong)

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/09/02/music-industry-99-problems

how to write a hit song with a checklist by Mike Caren

http://reprints.longform.org/justin-timberlake-has-a-cold

also summarised here: http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/number-ones-the-veronicas-you-ruin-me-20141001-287637/

and here: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/09/27/pop-questions/