MusicMeme

Josh Catone / Mashable!:
6 Incredible Twitter Powered Art Projects  — Twitter has brought us many things.  It lets us communicate in real-time about breaking news events, it…

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Ridiculous: Verizon Pays ASCAP $5M Interim License Fee For … Ringtones  — The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)…

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Warner Inks Deal to Bring Green Day, Madonna, U2 Back to YouTube  — Label Also in Talks to Join Vevo, the ‘Hulu for Music’ Initiative  — NEW YORK…

Robert Andrews / paidContent:
More Last.fm Old Timers Jumping From CBS’ Ship  — Several key Last.fmers who have been with the social music site since its early days will follow…

Cade Metz / The Register:
Microsoft pulls music service from wireless carriers  — Musiwave goes Zune only  — Exclusive Nearly two years after spending $46m to acquire the Musiwave…

Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Music Publishers Push LyricWiki Into Wikia’s Arms  — In August, we wrote how music publishers were suing lyrics sites (and their owners) for daring to…

Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Why Did Apple Approve Spotify?  — AdAge has a long article trying to puzzle out why Apple potentially “sacrificed iTunes” in approving Spotify’s…

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Did Apple Sacrifice ITunes With Latest Apps?  — Free-Streaming Services Spotify, Rhapsody Stand to Threaten Its Dominance  — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) —…

Alexander Wolfe / InformationWeek:
Microsoft DRM Patent Could Revive Peer-to-Peer Music Nets  — Here’s an odd twist that might give new life to the dying horse of music…

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Sony First Big Label To Try Amie Street Variable Music Pricing  — Amie Street always made sense to me.  The idea is to show demand for music…