The Louis C.K. Window

Louis C.K. isn’t the first performer to sell directly to his fans using the Web. But if he wants to, he can keep working with Big Media, too. Clever.
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Music for Nothing and the Fans for Free

Consumers won’t pay for recorded music in the future — but fans will pay for music experiences.

Forge Your Own Guitar Skills With Ubisoft’s Rocksmith

No more silly plastic guitars with buttons. Ubisoft has rigged a way for people to learn to play a real electric guitar using videogames.
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Money! Pink Floyd Stays at EMI–and iTunes.

Roger Waters and crew said they didn’t want their record label selling singles in Apple’s music store. But those concerns seem to have been resolved.

Viral Video: Here Come the Facebook Movie Spoofs!

It was inevitable, I suppose, that the highly stylized trailers for the upcoming movie, “The Social Network,” would be ripe for mocking. The full trailer from Sony unit Columbia Pictures uses a creepy Vega Choir version of the Radiohead song, “Creep,” and has all kinds of dramatic flourishes–making it perfect for spoofs. Here are three.

The Facebook Movie Full Trailer: Creepier, Pokier, Anti-Zuckerbergier

Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Uh-oh, from the looks of this full-length trailer for the upcoming movie, “The Social Network,” about founding of Facebook, it’s not going to be a positive portrayal of you. One bright spot: The hoodie is just right.

Saved! Terra Firma Keeps EMI Out of Citigroup’s Grasp (For Now).

Breathing room for Guy Hands and company. Bigger question: Does it matter whether a private equity group or a bank owns one of the big music labels?

Pink Floyd Wins Court Case: Will “Money” Leave iTunes? [UPDATED]

Want to buy Pink Floyd’s “Time” on iTunes but don’t want to pay for all of “Dark Side of the Moon”? You’ll want to make that purchase soon.

Almost Famous: Ethan Beard of Facebook

In this installment of “Almost Famous” that we call “Need to Know,” focusing on less prominent but very important tech execs you need to know better, we friended Ethan Beard, director of the Facebook Developer Network. He’s a mover inside the Web’s biggest social networking shaker. We talked Facebook platform, music, 1200-baud modems and his addiction to social gaming. Also: Don’t miss the picture of Ethan dressed as a banana.
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We Are The World! Sony, Michael Jackson’s Estate Working With iTunes, After All.

After Michael Jackson died, fans flooded iTunes to snap up his music. And contrary to an earlier report, “This Is It,” the singer’s final work, will also be sold by Apple this month.
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Top 10 Online Geekiest Celebrities

CES Interview: Public Enemy's Chuck D

Exit Music (for a comScore Study)