Today’s headlines, February 05

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Council snubs Corus's plan for new TV station in Nanaimo: http://bit.ly/azbv61 4 hrs ago
Making sense of the digital explosion in music, Paul Resnikoff offers some answers: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031010parting 5 hrs ago
Pink Floyd Win High Court Battle Against EMI. Fine Yet To Be Established - Spinner: http://bit.ly/aHbAGu via @addthis 5 hrs ago
Digital advertising to exceed print spend in 2010, Forbes.com: http://cptl.st/cXNEpG via 5 hrs ago
Critics, the dung beatles of culture: http://bit.ly/d1JTxv 6 hrs ago
'I Put a Spell on You' Sees Poor Sales Due to 'Musical Snobbery' - Spinner UK: http://bit.ly/9HvFRA 6 hrs ago
Italian minister apologizes to Russian musicians for Pantheon scandal: http://bit.ly/bvvR5q 6 hrs ago
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By choosing to take on the PRS, a society that collects royalties for artists rather than record companies, Google is hoping to bring to heel the last remaining outpost of resistance to the idea that music on the internet should be free – the creators of that music, the artists themselves. … Google’s dispute with the PRS makes this debate even more urgent. Their menacing attitude towards paying UK artists for content is a test case that will have ramifications around the world. — Billy Bragg, PaidContent.UK

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