YouTube remove plays from major label videos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2254181/YouTube-wipes-billions-video-views-finding-faked-music-industry.html

http://www.dailydot.com/news/youtube-universal-sony-fake-views-black-hat/

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/youtube/513696-youtube-changed-game.html

Glassnote Records

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/glassnote-pitting-majors-against-each-other-1008059032.story

Steve Greenberg on Thriller at 30

http://www.billboard.com/features/michael-jackson-s-thriller-at-30-how-one-1008031662.story#/features/michael-jackson-s-thriller-at-30-how-one-1008031662.story

Clearing up Spotify payment confusion

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/11/clearing-up-spotify-payment-confusion.html

The Pirate Bay promoting artists

http://torrentfreak.com/10000-artists-signed-up-for-pirate-bay-promotion-12110/

Lucian Grainge interviewed by Hits

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi

"I think that the consumer has so much more now in terms of choices. I think that Nirvana, and possibly the Beatles and certainly punk were the equivalent of social networking without the technology. And I'm not sure that that can be repeated because there's so much technology for filling the emotional algorithm of need itself."

why the music industry needs another iPod moment

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/why-the-music-industry-needs-another-ipod-moment/

13 extremely scary things about the music industry today

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/121031scary

a rant about Grizzly Bear and writing with an audience in mind

http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/32742897880

how Alex Wilhelm turned his Crazed Hits into an (unspecified) major label A&R gig

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/how-alex-wilhelm-turned-his-crazed-hits-1007955312.story

why buying Facebook likes costs more than money

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/like-shortcuts-these-will-cost-you-money-and-more.php

52 ways to screw an artist by Warner Bros Records

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120919jamestaylor

the countries that torrent the most files, and what most torrented artists are in each country

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19601653

two articles about Apple and streaming

http://paidcontent.org/2012/09/13/apple-can-pick-its-moment-to-re-invent-music-again/

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/15/apples-stream-dreams-the-history-of-a-potential-pandora-killer/

Spotify's DA Wallach explains how Spotify pay artists

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/09/spotifys-da-wallach-explains-how-spotify-pays-artists.html

will streaming services ever be profitable? An infographic

http://mashable.com/2012/09/04/streaming-music-revenue-charts/

long article about Shazam

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/shazam-evolution/

Facebook likes do not equal Facebook traffic

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/facebook-fans-do-not-equal-facebook-traffic

New York Times article about buying Twitter followers

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/fashion/twitter-followers-for-sale.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1346155484-MDUm7Tznc/BFgglvLMWRQg

Hits on the phenomenon of up to eight hit singles being released from hit albums

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09094m01

how Justin Bieber broke Carly Rae Jepsen and other tales of social media breaking hits

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/business/media/how-call-me-maybe-and-social-media-are-upending-music.html

buying fake Twitter followers

http://www.therabbitagency.com/post/29051089367

the kids think YouTube is a music service - and they're right

http://evolver.fm/2012/08/15/the-kids-think-youtube-is-a-music-service-and-theyre-right/

how Billy Van went from 2000 to 100,000 fans using BitTorrent - case study

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/how-billy-van-went-from-2000-to-100000-fans-case-study.html

another music tech start up killed by licensing

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/another-music-tech-startup-killed-by-licensing.htm

ignore the Telegraph, here's the real state of streaming revenue

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/business-matters-ignore-the-telegraph-here-1007738552.story

is the UK the canary in the mine for digital music?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/is-the-uk-the-canary-in-the-mine-for-digital-music/

moaning, over lengthy blog by guy from Soul Coughing who seems to think bands never get tour support anymore

http://mkdo.co/post/26352263455/radiohead-wouldnt-exist-without-early-major-label

Billboard article about Spotify revenues

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/business-matters-is-spotify-labels-2-source-1007443752.story#most

YouTube stars

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/the-ordinary-everyday-superstars-of-youtube-7902953.html?origin=internalSearch

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/magazine/on-youtube-amateur-is-the-new-pro.html?ref=media

soundalike cover versions

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9367019/Maroon-5-and-the-new-phenomenon-baffling-the-music-industry.html

two recent articles about Spotify's revenues

http://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-revenue-labels-2012-6

http://blog.mediaevolution.se/2012/06/26/mythbusting-spotify-doesn%E2%80%99t-give-any-money-to-artists/

A guide to Reddit's AMAs

http://leemart.in/artists-ama-guide

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/06/case-study-tenacious-d-on-reddits-ama-ask-me-anything.html

David Lowery on why it's better to be unrecouped amongst other new model issues

http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/04/lowery_on_the_music_business/

analyzing Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter success

http://www.futurehitdna.com/amanda-palmer-has-a-huge-hack/

introduction to electronic dance music by genre

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2012/04/introduction-to-electronic-dance-music-breaking-down-the-genres.html/

New York Times article about outside investors trying to get into US dance music promotion

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/business/media/electronic-dance-genre-tempts-investors.html

New Yorker article about songwriters

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/03/26/120326fa_fact_seabrook?currentPage=all

Spotify chasing major financing round, but will investors bite?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/spotify-chasing-major-financing-round-but-will-investors-bite.html

5 ways your manager screws up your career

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/5-ways-your-manager-screws-up-your-career.html

download a copy of the Pirate Bay, it's only 90MB

https://torrentfreak.com/download-a-copy-of-the-pirate-bay-its-only-90-mb-120209/

Vevo traffic takes a bath

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120320vevo#BBgpH8WnT8GP--HTidm24g

Twitter's top tips for musicians

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/twitters-top-tips-for-musicians.html

Bruce Springsteen's SXSW keynote speech

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/16/148778665/bruce-springsteens-sxsw-2012-keynote-speech 

The Global Songwriter Shell Game

http://blog.tunecore.com/2012/03/the-global-songwriter-shell-game.html

the new Facebook Pages based around timelines

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/musicians-arsenal-killer-apps-tools-sites-facebooks-timeline.html

Spotify say Adele's album would have sold more if she were on Spotify, and windowing is evil

http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1048678

big parallel between music industry/iTunes and book industry/Amazon re. DRM

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html

nice summary of Ed Sheeran's career so far

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2098216/Ed-Sheeran-Heres-ginger-kid-raps-guitar-Thats-good-start.html

why music is still good business, featuring Brian Message, Cooking Vinyl and others

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/festival-of-business/9075644/Why-music-is-still-good-business.html

interview with Spotify's Daniel Ek

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/spotifys-daniel-ek-on-streaming-royalties-social-media-the-future.html

Spotify...

...hits three million subscribers: http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2012/01/spotify-hits-3m-subscribers/

also I left a comment on this article: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/spotifys-royalty-rate-grew-only-0001-for-indie-artists-in-2011.html

Tom Silverman on the music business resurrection

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/tom-silverman-on-the-music-business-resurrection.html

Sony Music exec says Spotify doesn't cannibalise

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/sony-music-exec-says-streaming-does-not-cannibilize-sales-midem.html

and more from Spotify in here: http://musically.com/2012/01/26/live-from-universal-musics-investors-open-day/

EMI VP says piracy is a service issue

http://torrentfreak.com/emi-boss-opposes-sopa-says-piracy-is-a-service-issue-120125/

Rob Wells: the idea that Spotify cannibalizes sales is bogus

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rob-wells-universal-music-s-global-digital-1005968752.story

One Big Database Could Save the Music Business with Billions of Tiny Rivulets

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/database-save-music-business/

8 things Spotify could do to show they care about musicians

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/8-things-spotify-could-do-right-now-to-show-they-care-about-musicians.html

Here's a List of Every Single Digital Music Service In the World...

"That is, legal or 'legitimate' services as recognized by label trade group IFPI (which means a few, really big services are missing). Still, this is a list of more than 500 services across 78 countries, which begs the question: why aren't they selling more?"

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120123service

support for the MegaUpload takedown

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120120megasupport

99.9% of Tunecore artists make less than minimum wage

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111123tunecore

Scott Perry changes his mind about release windows and Spotify

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/scott-perry-talks-to-spotify-the-case-for-day-date-music-streaming.html

The Tim Ferriss Effect - promoting via single-person blogs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/01/11/the-tim-ferriss-effect/

how ten major songwriters make money

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/how-10-major-songwriters-make-big-money-20120119

featuring The Dream, Dan Wilson, Lady Gaga, Mark Foster, Dr Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Cee-Lo Green, Taylor Swift, Will.i.am, Benny Blanco and Eminem.

abuse of YouTube's ContentID scheme

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-keil/youtube-content-id-system_b_1213256.html

Does piracy cause economic harm?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/15/does-piracy-cause-economic-harm-how-to-think-about-economic-frontiers/

The Pirate Bay will stop serving torrents

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-will-stop-serving-torrents-120112/

Business Week article about Spotify

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/spotify-doesnt-sound-so-great-to-some-artists-01052012.html