Here are our top 5 news pieces this week:
1: Here’s a list of the most watched videos on YouTube, including music specific videos. Susan Boyle is naturally out in front, with Pitbull, Miley Cyrus and Evian’s Roller Babies advert all making an appearance: Top Youtube vids
2: Last.fm has revealed that Lady Gaga is the year’s most listened to artist. Tracks from her debut album ‘The Fame’ have been played in excess of 18.5 M times by the site’s 35M-strong community: Lady Gaga & Last FM
3: Digital distributor TuneCore has added MySpace Music to its roster of outlets – the first time it’s worked with an ad-supported streaming service and shared the revenues with its artists. As with its other deals, artists will pay a flat fee for distribution to MySpace Music. So if you are a musician, check this out.
4: The 2009 in digital music and some predictions for the year ahead from Media Shift’s author, Jason Feinberg: Read Here
5: EMI’s Capitol Records has filed a copyright infringement suit against video-sharing site Vimeo due to the site allowing the uploading of UGC lip sync music videos. The suit claims that Vimeo “induces and encourages its users to upload audiovisual works”. Interesting read
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