RECORD LABELS: CHANGE OR DIE Profits are tanking, bands are angry and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. industry | gizmodo.com | tue, mar 16th, 2010	IFPI: INDUSTRY STILL VITAL The record industry fights its corner in the download age. Far from facing extinction, the record industry is still a vital cog in the music-making machine. industry | www.guardian.co.uk | sun, mar 14th, 2010
UNDER PRESSURE NY Daily news Reports: Pink Floyd, Queen shop for new record label; ex-EMI exec: 'This is how a company implodes.' industry | www.nydailynews.com | sat, mar 13th, 2010	ITUNES LP = FAILURE Over six months after it was first unveiled, iTunes LP is a total bust. Apple launched its interactive album format with a library of six iTunes LPs. industry | www.cultofmac.com | fri, mar 12th, 2010
PINK FLOYD WINS LAWSUIT Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads from the group's concept albums. industry | www.moneycontrol.com | fri, mar 12th, 2010	ISP BECOMES MSP Industry analyst Ovum found that if all the Tier 1 UK ISPs launched bundled digital music services in 2010, this market could be worth £103m by 2013. industry | www.musicweek.com | tue, mar 09th, 2010
SPONSORED MUSIC With the music industry in free fall, musicians turn to corporate advertising and product placement to promote their work. industry | www.latimes.com | mon, mar 08th, 2010	CD WILL BE DEAD IN 5 YEARS A new report found that up to six out of 10 under 24-year-olds believe physical formats will decline as people turn to digital methods. industry | www.nme.com | wed, mar 03rd, 2010
SELLABAND FOUND BUYER SellaBand, the bankrupt crowd-funded online record label has found buyer and a new CEO in Munich, Germany. What went wrong? industry | www.wired.com | tue, mar 02nd, 2010	GROOVESHARK REJECTS APPSTORE :) Online music service Grooveshark has just announced that they are now - after rejections from Apple - available for jailbroken iPhones through the Cydia app store. industry | techcrunch.com | tue, mar 02nd, 2010
APPLE ADMITS USING CHILD LABOUR Although Apple has been repeatedly criticised about it, the company has admitted that child labour was used at the factories that build its computers, iPods and iPhones. industry | www.telegraph.co.uk | mon, mar 01st, 2010	“WE WON’T TWEET” Some new artists signing at both major and indie labels are telling execs there that they'll make music, but don't expect them to do Facebook or Twitter. industry | news.cnet.com | sat, feb 27th, 2010
ITUNES SELLS 10 BILLION SONGS Apple's iTunes store sold its 10 billionth song on Wednesday. Lucky winner receives a $10,000 gift card! Click for the Top 25 list of iTunes' most downloaded songs. industry | www.montrealgazette.com | thu, feb 25th, 2010	SELLABAND.COM BANKRUPT It all sounded so great when we interviewed Sellaband's CEO back in 2008. Last month they even won the Interactive Award 2010. Now they're bankrupt :(   industry | wed, feb 24th, 2010
GOOGLE CHALLENGES ITUNES As the four biggest record companies wait to hear more about a proposed iTunes cloud music service, word comes now that Google has kicked the tires on a cloud media start-up. industry | news.cnet.com | fri, feb 19th, 2010	MYSPACE AUDIO ADS Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online. industry | news.yahoo.com | thu, feb 18th, 2010
MUSIC BLOGS DOWN Internet beast Google have put their censorship claws into motion by shutting down several well-known blogs due to violation of copyright. industry | www.electronicbeats.net | tue, feb 16th, 2010	NO (MONEY) STREAM FOR WARNER Warner Music has said it will stop licensing its songs to music streaming services like Spotify, We7 and Last.fm to give free access to millions of songs, funded by ads. industry | news.bbc.co.uk | sat, feb 13th, 2010