• Andrew Dansby asks, “Is the live album dead?”
• Hypebot assumes stewardship of MusicThinkTank.com.
• Labels tell Google to stop linking to Pirate Bay.
• Pandora is poised to be the Kleenex of music discovery.
• Megan Berry on how to build a Twitter strategy for bands.
• Andrew Dubbertells artists to shut up and listen to their fans.
• Google music downloads are coming and subscriptions next.
• Court says YouTube is not guilty of infringement in the Viacom case. 
• Heartbeats on how to attract brands to your music.
• shmoop.com publishes a History of Rock & Roll.
• Will Page weighs in on too much choice debate.
• 10 years later, GarageBand.com is closing.
• SoundExchange distributes $54.8 million to artists.
• Julie’s Bicycle how to measure the carbon impact of your tour.
• Kyle Bylin does a critical review of the music discovery site Songness.
• Perez Hilton gives his perspective on the state of the music industry.
• Jonathan Coulton anwsers if net famous means famous.
• RealNetworks has cut 25% of their executive staff.
•  110B minutes are spent on social networks & blogs each month.

This Week On Music Think Tank:

• Chris Bracco shows how to really get your music on blogs.
• Kyle Bylin asks if music online is a paradise or a paradox.
• Bruce Warila announces that its his last day at Music Think Tank.
• Jonathan Ostrow explains the art of the press kit.
• Ariel Hyatt says how she gets by with a little help from her friends.
• Jon Sheldrick argues why you should pay for music.