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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry – May 24, 2009

Posted on 25. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci in Music Industry Trends

COMPANIES

• Napster Unlimited Streaming for $5
• Spotify and EchoNest demo a new recommendation engine at the San Francisco Music Tech Summit
• Spotify New Facebook App
• Project Playlist acquires the assets of TotalMusic and announces e-commerce plans
• Pandora sees profits coming in 2010, launches a premium service and desktop app, PandoraOne, and adds lyrics
• TuneCore and Amazon unveil on-demand CD sales
• ReverbNation to pay artists for free promotions
• CDBaby plans Single Song Download
• MySpace Music and Toyota and the unsigned musicians contest

ARTISTS

• Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Release A Blank CD-R. Free streaming available online
• Eminem using Twitter to build buzz around his new album
• Dave Matthews Band launches TapTap game and announces live streaming of a concert through Hulu
• Jay-z ditches on DefJam
• Take That the newest iTunes Pass addition
• Kate Perry calls back her fans
• Trent Reznor trying to save a life
  

READING

• TheRegister: The Great Spotify Mystery
• TheGlobeandMail: Download Decade
• MusicAlly: Labels on Trial
• TechDirt:Ask Jim Griffin questions about Choruss
  

Tags: Dave Matthews Band, Eminem, Jay-z, Kate Perry, Music Industry Trends, MySpace Music and Toyota, Napster, PandoraOne, Spotify and EchoNest