“Bono is writing a daily blog from the Millennium Development Goals summit in New York for The Financial Times.”

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“Paste Magazine has launched Paste Nation, an online ad network of 14 entertainment blogs and websites promoting music, film and emerging culture.”

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“We have made significant investment into our own costly transition online. The result is a tight cash flow situation that has led unfortunately to very slow payment to our vendors and freelancers.”

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“According to now former Editor-in-Chief Ari Bendersky, UR Chicago is being put on ‘indefinite hiatus.’”

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“Wikipedia will likely always contain more information than SoundUnwound, but Amazon staff might be able to shape user-provided information in such a way that some prefer it for musical research.”

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“‘I don’t think music or film has been in a more exciting place in 20 years,’ said Stipe. ‘I was just blown away by their beauty and how raw they were.’”

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“To help you at least look productive today, here are links to 5 free e-books that I consider required reading for those of us navigating the choppy waters of the new music industry.”

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“If there is a sustainable analogy for The Quietus’ contributors’ list to be drawn from the world of the stopgap compilation release, it is probably the B-sides and unreleased tracks collection.”

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“Does anybody actually want to watch classical concerts on their computer screens? Evidently, yes.”

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“Sure enough, the article included 10 and a half paragraphs copied nearly verbatim from ‘A Pirate Looks at 60,’ my Slate essay of Jan. 9, 2007.” (thx BF)

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