Music industry news from Hypebot:

How Not To Sell More Music: Interscope & Best Buy Give Away Something That Was Already Free

The Artist As An Entrepreneur And Vice Versa.

Qtrax abruptly cancels a press conference, but still promises January launch.

Music discovery site Muziic.com and its 16 year old founder David Nelson got into a nasty dispute with new label backed video site VEVO over use of a public API. Hypebot has the teenager's exclusive response.

Exclusive: Pre-beta invites to Rank 'em.

Pandora hit a holiday traffic high thanks to mobile.

Indie artist Christopher Bryant is working to gain new fans by opening for himself.

Sonicbids teamed with SoundExchange to deliver $4 million in royalties due its members.

EMI launched an iTunes only greatest hits album campaign.

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