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Welcome to the betterPropaganda digital music newsletter. Every two weeks we will be sharing the really important industry developments from media sources around the globe.

DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS >>>

Study: Falling CD Sales Can't Be Blamed On P2P
Declining CD sales can't be blamed on file-sharing networks alone, according to a new report.
http://news.com.com/Study+Falling+CD+sales+cant+be...

Snocap's Song: Luring File Sharers?
Napster founder Shawn Fanning's new startup aims to offer an attractive and legal music-sharing alternative. But it has much to prove.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2005/tc...

The Other Side of BitTorrent
Film and television executives no doubt wish the increasingly popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing system never saw the light of day.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412...

Indie Labels Join Forces
In the music business, online or off, indie is often synonymous with cool. But cool doesn't always pay the bills.
http://news.com.com/Indie+labels+join+forces...

Sagging Radio Plays Digital Card
High-definition broadcasts let stations offer CD-quality sound and sub-channels for the first time. But with stiff competition from satellite and internet radio, will the listening public tune in?
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67...

This Week In Digital Music
Microsoft keeps trying to catch up with Apple's Computer's dominance of the digital music business.
http://news.com.com/This+week+in+digital+music/21...

Go-Go-Go Beat
It's everywhere. There's no escaping it. Via broadcast and satellite radio and TV, an ever-expanding array of recording technologies and the Internet, music has invaded the tiniest, quietest corners of our lives.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

P2P Radio Morphing Into Free Music Search
Music start-up Mercora is dipping its toes into the trendy world of Internet search, with a new Web-based tool aimed at finding free music being played on the company's peer-to-peer radio network.
http://news.com.com/P2P+radio+morphing+into+free+music+searc...

Come On Music Biz, Embrace P2P
Music start-up Mercora is dipping its toes into the trendy world of Internet search, with a new Web-based tool aimed at finding free music being played on the company's peer-to-peer radio network.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,141...

Sprint Gets Sirius About Music
Sirius Satellite Radio announced on Tuesday it signed a deal with Sprint to offer music to its cellular phone customers, marking the latest effort to turn the phone into an all-in-one communications and entertainment device.
http://news.com.com/Sprint+gets+Sirius+about+music/210...

FEATURE >>>

Baby Love
The hippie-capitalist wisdom of CD Baby founder Derek Sivers, hero to 93,000 indie musicians and counting.
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/29...

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