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