TASTEMAKERS CONFERENCE An unique opportunity for nearly 1,000 DJs, artists, labels, media outlets, models, and other entertainment industry Tastemakers.   industry | fri, jan 12th, 2007	SPIRAL FROG - COMING SOON A new music destination offering ad-supported legal downloads of audio/video content licensed from the world's major and independent labels. industry | www.spiralfrog.com | thu, jan 11th, 2007
DRM RESISTANCE GROWING Resistance to DRM is growing. In 2007, the majors will get the message, and the digital-right management (DRM) wall will begin to crumble. industry | news.com.com | wed, jan 10th, 2007	SELL WATERMARKED MP3S "The Digital Watermarking Alliance" has officially announced its support for the idea of selling music in the MP3 format. industry | blog.wired.com | sun, jan 07th, 2007
HI, I’M FROM ROLLING STONE… A new MTV reality series follows six young writers as they compete for a full time job as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine. industry | www.mtv.com | thu, jan 04th, 2007	MP3S-NOLONGER-4FREE Australia's recording labels have won an important legal victory against the operator of mp3s4free website, its hosting Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a director who…   industry | sun, dec 31st, 2006
AMAZON DRM FREE? The internet's #1 destination for physical music is said to offer DRM-free music in 2007. Is it big enough to take a significant market share? industry | internet.seekingalpha.com | fri, dec 29th, 2006	ARE YOU READY FOR IGAMING? While Zune and iPod plug into Xbox 360 and can play music through it, Apple is rumored to be working on a new iPod that will focus more on videogames. industry | www.wral.com | tue, dec 26th, 2006
DRAMATIC GROWTH IN DIGITAL SALES Nielsen SoundScan has reported a dramatic growth in the sales of digital music downloads for 2006. industry | biz.yahoo.com | mon, dec 25th, 2006	NMM + MY VIRTUAL BAND = ? Two music making websites join forces to create a leading social networking website for musicians and fans in 2007.   industry | sat, dec 23rd, 2006
SKIPPED FMC MONTREAL? No worries: it's free now! There are quite some interesting FMC | Policy Summit 2006 webcasts and podcasts here. industry | www.futureofmusic.org | thu, dec 21st, 2006	BRIAN ENO CHARITY PHONE AUCTION Ten Nokia 8800 Sirocco Brian Eno Signature Edition phones to be auctioned for charity.   industry | wed, dec 20th, 2006 | 1 2
100-MILLIONTH EMUSIC DOWNLOAD iTunes going down in sales? This online music retailer for independent artists is doing really well. Emusic sells in the MP3 file format! industry | www.washingtonpost.com | wed, dec 20th, 2006	WHAT’S YOUR IPOD FILLED WITH? Sales from Apple's iTunes digital download service have not kept pace with strong sales of iPod players, according to analyst company Forrester Research. industry | www.cbc.ca | mon, dec 18th, 2006
YAHOO MUSIC: NO MORE DRM While Yahoo Music suggest we'd all be better off without DRM, a new deal is made with EMI for the use of their entire video catalog. Yahoooo! industry | money.guardian.co.uk | mon, dec 18th, 2006	10 YEARS OF DIGITAL MUSIC DATABASE 2006 Marks a Decade since the Term MP3 Came to Define Digital Music, and the First CD was Entered into the Gracenote CDDB Database.   industry | sat, dec 16th, 2006 | 1 2
SELL YOUR MP3'S ON MYSPACE According to "Tom" selling your music online never has been easier! Create a MySpace store and off you go.   industry | wed, dec 13th, 2006	BLUETOOTH MUSIC SWAPPING With new cell-phones coming equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology, swapping music has never been easier. industry | www.zeropaid.com | mon, dec 11th, 2006