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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry – May 24, 2009

Posted on 25. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

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

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