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Adele is iTunes top-seller of 2011 (Reuters)

Reuters – British singer Adele has became the first artist to secure three milestones on the iTunes music chart, scoring 2011′s top-selling single, top-selling album and being named the iTunes Artist of the Year, the music company said on Thursday.

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Black group targets corporations over voting laws (AP)

AP – An online advocacy group is urging corporations that market to African-Americans to stop giving money to a conservative organization working for stricter voting laws.

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iTunes great for Apple, but was it for music biz? (AP)

AP – When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition — and chaos.

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Obama calls for passage of jobs bill (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama is pushing in his weekly radio and Internet address for Senate passage of his nearly $450 billion jobs bill as senators prepare to vote Tuesday on moving to debate on the measure.

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HOW TO: Promote Your Band With Turntable.fm (Mashable)

Mashable – Marketing your music can be a royal pain when it entails answering misspelled emails from your one true fan and tweeting about your upcoming tour. Well, imagine if you could raise awareness about your band just by playing music. Musicians of the world, allow me to introduce you to Turntable.fm

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U.S. Internet providers to act against online pirates (Reuters)

Reuters – Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an industry anti-piracy effort announced on Thursday.

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Google’s +1 Button Already More Widespread Than Twitter’s Tweet Button [STATS] (Mashable)

Mashable – Google’s +1 buttons have only been out for about a month, but they’re already more common than the tweet button on major web destinations. BrightEdge, an enterprise SEO platform provider, analyzed the 10,000 largest sites on the web and found a 33% surge in placement for Google’s +1 button during the past few weeks. The company found that +1 buttons are now on 4.4% of those sites, up from 3.6% in June

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Website to pay $950,000 for posting Beatles hits (AP)

AP – A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit.

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