Music Industry Links from the Holidays

Here are some highlights from the music business links we tweeted out over the last week or so, in cased you missed ‘em:

• The Fall of Communization and the Rise of the Music Fan http://ow.ly/1E3
• EU Prefers iTunes 2 to 1 But Amazon Gaining Share http://ow.ly/1DZ
• Keeping Books http://ow.ly/1B6
• Today’s Playlist Sites Are No Boon For Labels http://ow.ly/1AT
• Music Labels In Talks To Create Hulu-For-Music http://ow.ly/1zC
• YouTube Dispute Underscores Music Labels Weak Hand http://ow.ly/1zF
• Nielson’s 2009 Industry Outlook http://ow.ly/1zE
• ISP tells RIAA piracy protection doesn’t come free http://ow.ly/1zD
• Terry McBride - on running a successful indie label and the increasing importance of fans http://ow.ly/1A7
• Live Nation begins to roll out its new ticketing operation http://ow.ly/1zA
• Want To Be A Great Musician? Act Like A Great Engineer http://ow.ly/1zz
• Concert Business Posts Record Year and Big Christmas Sales http://ow.ly/1zy
• An Overview of Artist Royalties in the Music Business by David Rose http://ow.ly/1tZ
• Ditch the CD by Christmas 2009, Gartner tells music industry http://ow.ly/1tY
• Pandora now has 20 million registered users http://ow.ly/1tX
• Kleenbeats Gives New Artists Music Licensing Opportunities http://ow.ly/1tW
• MySpace Bans Project Playlist; Facebook Defies Same RIAA Request http://ow.ly/1rT
• A Near 90% Of Digital Tracks Didn’t Sell A Copy in One Year http://ow.ly/1rQ
• Berliner Philharmoniker Launches Online Concerts http://ow.ly/1tw
• How to get your band on Wikipedia http://ow.ly/1rW
• Indie Artist Makes $4.2 Million in 2008 http://ow.ly/1rS
• It’s HERE! The Artists House 2008 Community Christmas Compilation! http://ow.ly/1pE
• New post on the AH blog! “Good Will To All” http://ow.ly/1o6
• Artists House Vault: Adam Levy on Self-managing http://ow.ly/1ix
• Indie Labels Unite To Fight New York Download Tax http://ow.ly/1eO
• Good News For Radio & Records http://ow.ly/1eM
• Reconciling the Value of Music http://ow.ly/1eH
• RIAA To Stop Suing Music Fans, Cut Them Off Instead (insert snarky comment here) http://ow.ly/1eE
• Music Ally’s predictions for digital music in 2009 http://ow.ly/1eA
• Live Nation Takes $19 Million Hit On U2 Buyback Deal http://ow.ly/19e
• Online Video Rules The Workplace http://ow.ly/19b
• Play On: iDea Guitar records MP3s http://ow.ly/197
• Digital music track sales surpass 1 billion http://ow.ly/18F
• Fans As Customers http://ow.ly/16V
• Great Storytelling Goes Beyond Your Band Bio http://ow.ly/16U