*Jingle Punks introduced a well-crafted iPad app, a nice competitive stab for the B2B sync licensing space.
*Pandora reached its 65 millionth registered user, an 8 percent jump since late July.
*Vevo finalized an inclusion deal with Google TV.
*Creative Commons launched a $550,000 “Superhero” fundraiser.
*Issues were hashed, re-hashed and double-dissected at a pair of music conferences this week – the Future of Music Coalition’s Policy Summit (#FMC10) and Digital Music Forum West (#DMFW). Complete notes on digitalmusicnews.com
*Gene Simmons criticized the music industry for lacking the balls to sue every single file-swapper. But the discussion soon shifted to some other things major labels would do… that is, if they really had the balls…
*T. Bone Burnett advised artists to “stay completely away from the internet”.
*Interscope Geffen A&M revenues are now 70% digital.
*NPD Group presented 9 reasons why consumers don’t purchase downloads. The industry picked-apart and criticized the findings.
*Scary stat: The anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor outsold the entire US-based recording industry in 2009.
*Oh, and TuneCore CEO Jeff Price blew his lid.
*The Echo Nest scored a $7 million funding round.