Jeff Pollack on why majors might be right not to license cloud and subscription services

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-pollack/sympathy-for-the-devil-wh_b_865887.html

Scooter Braun and Troy Carter on the internet

Gabrielle Alpin's social media strategy

http://blog.tunecore.com/2011/05/whats-working-for-you-social-media-strategy.html

Sean Parker says record labels are undervalued

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/facebook-s-music-plans-reach-far-beyond-1005203602.story

Facebook's music plans including Spotify

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/facebook-s-music-plans-reach-far-beyond-1005203602.story

the secret of Adele's success

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-secret-of-adeles-success-no-festivals-tweeting-ndash-or-selling-out-2288168.html

insightful article about "social commerce" and HMV

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/disciplines/digital/theres-so-much-more-to-social-commerce-than-a-facebook-store/3026558.article

Income from statutory collective licensing (Sound Exchange) has grown dramatically in the US

http://audio4cast.com/2011/05/17/4106/

good Alexis Petridis article about songwriters

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/17/professional-songwriters-ivor-novello

could Google clean up its act overnight?

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051511googlebs

article about Songkick

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/business/media/02songkick.html?_r=1

interesting perspective on Vevo from Rory Cellan-Jones

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2011/04/can_vevos_videos_make_money_fo.html

the top pages on Facebook

http://www.appdata.com/leaderboard/pages?page=1