Music Industry Links

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• Paul McCartney rejected EMI and took his catalog indie.
• Facebook partnered with Pandora for social music. Facebook is now 41% of all social net traffic.
• iLike founders have left MySpace executive team.
• Atlantic Records has asked fans to help fund new Natty release via Pledge Music.
• EMI may need to lay off many more staffers to keep going. U.S. could be hardest hit.
  
• VH1 adds 44 shows, but where's the music? 
• The 'Broken' System: Deconstructing Consumption - a Kyle Bylin essay.
• Last.fm to add indie "Play Direct" feature, but participating artists won't be getting paid.
• Non-profit CASH Music launches two more free viral promo tools.
• Beyond Oblivion joins MySpace in News Corps' music portfolio.
• Nimbit expands direct to fan toolkit with NimbitPro.
• Do four chords really make up every hit song?
• TuneUp adds Windows Media Player support & social features.
• Skybox offers fans an alternative to filesharing.
• Webby Awards name music film and video nominees.