• We7 now has 400,000 tracks from the EMI catalog. The service, which added Warner Music Group last month, offers both downloads and free, ad-supported streaming (the ads are targeted audio clips). (Brand Republic)

• What happens when a song isn't available on iTunes? A cover version appears...and sells well. "Only last week a cover of Estelle's American Boy (a former UK No 1) by Studio All-Stars debuted in the Billboard chart at No 85 following the original's removal from iTunes America at the behest of Estelle's record company, Atlantic." (The Guardian)

• The city of Minneapolis is spending almost $1 million to improve the acoustics of the Target Center. AEG operates the arena for the city. (Star Tribune)

• New Stream Media, the digital content partner to The O2 and indigo2, has inked licensing deals with Universal Music UK, Virgin/EMI, Warner Music UK and SonyBMG. The deals will allow New Stream Media to record and distribute concerts at the O2 and indigo2 venues. (Press release)