The Monitors Keeping track of new music, media
and industry news - 22-05-13-21.24pm

Branding

- How to Destroy Your Brand on Facebook

- EA Shoot Out Gun Makers

- Free internet for Forbes readers

- Firefox turns off cookies

- PETA Reckons Vegans Do It Better

Industry News

- Google Launch Streaming Music Service

- Boards of Canada RSD 12″ Goes For $5,700

- Daft Punk Get Lucky With Biggest Selling Single

- Record Store Day Album Sales Up 60%

- Dance Acts Receive Fewer Royalties

Services & Technology

- Rip From Spotify

- Software patents be damned?

- FBI claim it’s ok to track Facebook messages

- Hologram Feist Performs in 3 Cities at Once

- Bandsintown App Reaches 5 Million Installs

Weird & Random

- Muse Set Coventry on Fire

- Parents Revolt Against Nick Cave Choir

- Competition to Sleep with 30 Seconds To Mars

- Velvets and Radiohead on Wooden Records

- Skrillex Visits NASA, Sadly Not Launched Into Space