Apple has threatened to shut down the iTunes music store if an obscure three-person board appointed by the Librarian of Congress increase the royalties paid to publishers and songwriters by six cents per song. [MORE]

Source: Wired

MySpace music combines free on-demand streaming music with buyable downloads from Amazon, ringtones and video and other content. Soon the service will offer artist merchandise (tshirts, etc.) and concert tickets. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch will officially take on Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Thursday. [MORE]

Source: CNET

MySpace Music will allow users to listen to any song from the catalogs of the music giants for free. They will also be able to create playlists on their own page, and purchase tracks — all while consuming advertisements. [MORE]

Source: CNN

Searching for music is one thing, but have you ever wanted to search for an artist and play their songs without needing to visit other sites? [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

Seattle based iLike just expanded their recent streaming music deal with Rhapsody to allow any website or web application to add streaming music to their sites. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

The buzz is mounting, at least for those who care about MySpace. Granted, that’s a sizable audience, but one could argue that iTunes’ audience is even larger, and entrenched to boot. So is Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace music venture, which could be launched this week, anything to buzz about? [MORE]

Source: Wired

On the streaming-music front in particular, the sad reality is that advertising revenue isn’t, and may never be, there to fully support the music industry’s wishful-thinking profit margins. [MORE]

Source: AdvertisingAge

FlyCast offers more than 1,000 digital channels for every genre of music, terrestrial radio, weather, talk and traffic. [MORE]

Source: Macworld

Apple arrived fashionably late to the music-recommendation party Tuesday with a new version of iTunes that suggests songs that listeners might like to buy from Apple’s online store. [MORE]

Source: Wired