Industry Buzz: RIAA Goes to School, MySpace – Twitter Mashup & More!

Back to school with RIAA-funded copyright curriculum: With a new school year in full swing, Ars takes a look at the RIAA’s newly updated copyright curriculum. Your kids could be learning from it—so what does it say? [ArsTechnia] MySpace Beats Facebook with Twitter Sync: MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to [...]

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Industry Buzz: Apple & Spotify, Pre-Punk Gems & Rolling Stone Back on the Web!

Rolling Stone (re)Discovers the Web: In an overdue move, Rolling Stone is taking back control of its flagship web site from RealNetworks, and will be relaunching it in January with new community and customization features. [Hypebot] Terry McBride of Nettwerk: Is Ownership of Music Simply Irrelevant? [Paste Magazine] 20 Pre-Punk Gems: For this playlist I [...]

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Industry Buzz: New Album Format, Future of Labels & How to Share Music on Twitter

What Will Record Labels Look Like in the Future?: Nobody is quite sure what the future looks like for record labels, but in discussions with a wide variety of music industry professionals, a few common themes seem to emerge. [PBS Media Shift] CMX: Yet Another New Digital Album Format: All four major label groups are [...]

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