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