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Spotify remains the last great hope of the so-called freemium model, but it too has struggled to prove it can produce significant profits. And that's one of the reasons the company has yet to ink any deals. Here's a list of some of the issues standing in the way of the agreements, according to the music industry sources who spoke to CNET.

Mashable writer Brenna Ehrlich took a look at useful ways that bands are using Twitter and shared this Top 10

Rumours that Google will launch a music service have been circulating for a while. So, what will this long-anticipated product, expected to be released at the end of the year, look like?