9 DAYS... Lunatic- Living In Reality Mixtape - 04/13/12

9 DAYS... Lunatic- Living In Reality Mixtape - 04/13/12

  Facebook is not waiting for its initial public offering to make its first big purchase.

In its largest acquisition to date, the social network has purchased Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application, for about $1 billion in cash and stock, the company said Monday.

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When a crisis occurs a council of thought leaders are appointed to define the problems, develop a recovery strategy, and carry out a comprehensive action plan for restoration. The Restoring Music Foundation (RMF) was created for this very purpose. The RMF’s mission is to restore the value of music all across the supply chain.

With that in mind, let us identify the main problems that have threatened to destroy the vision that was born on the streets of Tin Pan Alley. Here they are, finally all in one place and in no particular order.

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As of this morning, Spotify's Facebook Timeline now includes over a thousand years of music, which you can listen to at your leisure, assuming you have the time.  Scroll back to the year 1001 A.D. for "Organum Experiments" as reproduced by "singing ladies and nuns." It's not bad, actually; I thought we didn't start busting out jams like that until at least the 13th century.

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Clear Channel/Live Nation Monopoly Case Nearing Dismissal 

An anti-competition case dating back a decade may have finally concluded with a 63-page decision that Clear Channel/Live Nation does not have a monopoly on rock concerts. On Monday the judge in the case granted summary judgment on motions regarding the Denver and Los Angeles markets and granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the testimony of Dr. Owen R. Phillips.

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