• Top four reasons why the CD-Release Complex is dying.
• What's Topspin like? Hypebot's take. Readers weigh in.
• Why music biz students shouldn't let the sky fall on them.
  
• iTunes may get an audio upgrade. But do people care?
• MySpace Music President Courtney Holt has now exited. 
• This chart shows the yearlong fatal decline of MySpace.

More Rewind:

• get-ctrl is a simple, yet powerful new artist site platform.
• Here are six insights that are critical to industry success.
• The pieces of Apple's cloud offering are coming together.
• A U.S. distribution for Spotify via Universal is on the way.
• Take a look at this graphic of where the industry resides.
• Ryan interviewed New Music Seminar's Tom Silverman.
• Many types of singles exist. Here's how to market them.
• Exec bashes Grammys in NYT ad, and why he's wrong.
• ZMX Music has created a direct-to-fan publishing tool.
• Will Apple hold strong on their in-app subscription tax?
• Hypebot ran into the only fan of Ping earlier this week.
• How to turn radio airplay into traffic and music sales.
  

D.I.Y. Boot Camp Videos:

• Kickstarter.
• Better Than the Van.
• Bandcamp.

Conference Highlights:

• Digital Music Forum East. 
• Free Culture Conference.