(UPDATED) Starbucks is teaming up with Apple to launch a digital initiative called 'Pick of the Week', which will offer Starbucks customers a free selected iTunes music track or book to download (Marketing)

• New Apple Stats: 4M + iPhone4S sold in the first weekend.  25 million using IOS5, 20 million sign up for iCloud. No exact date yet on iTunes Music Match.
• Bids to Buy Citigroup’s EMI Group Are Said to Fall Short of Expectations. (NY Times)
• Rhapsody's Plan To Get Millions Of New Users Without Giving Away Free Music. (Business Insider)

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• HMV Accelerates Break-Up. Reportedly selling shares of 7 Digital. (Sky)
• 5 Reasons Google's Music Store Will Fail (Motley Fool).
• Grooveshark Responds To King Crimson Complaints. Prefix spoke with SVP Paul Geller.
• Check out the SJ Mercury News article by Mike Swift on Facebook's digital music partnerships. And thanks to Mike for including me in the discussion.
• Brent Mulligan on Why artists should use Instagram.