PC World – Hello and welcome to another Viral Views! Since LittleBigPlanet 2 launched this week, we have been kind of busy making our way through Media Molecule’s superb and adorable platformer. While we engage in video game antics, please enjoy these …

Reuters – A year ago this coming March, headlines trumpeted the $200 million-plus recording deal the estate of Michael Jackson signed with Sony Music Entertainment

Reuters – The music industry is working to create a global repertoire database to make it easier and faster for new online music services to come to market.

AFP – Thousands of music industry executives are to meet at its annual trade fair to search for new ways to make fans pay for recordings and to turn the tide against digital piracy.

AP – Alan Jackson and his record label, Sony Music Nashville, are splitting and his manager says the country music superstar is in negotiations with three record labels to find a new home.

AP – The growth in digital music sales is slowing considerably, falling into the single digits for the first time since record companies began making significant amounts of money online in 2004, according to figures released Thursday.

Mashable – First, there were the video awards, then the movie awards, and now, MTV is kicking off its first-ever awards show that focuses on digital music and social media.

AFP – Russia’s loose copyright protection laws were put to the test Thursday when prosecutors filed charges against a social network user who put 18 of his favourite pop group’s songs online.

Mashable – The rumors about Google Docs getting a music player, playlists and a preview pane are just that, according to one of the execs in charge of Docs.

AFP – China has brought 11 rare earth mines under state control as Beijing consolidates the industry — a move analysts said Thursday could drive up prices of the elements, used in mp3 players and hybrid cars.