The news is back with a bang: this week, we take a look at the big Pirate Bay trial verdict, the trends in mobile music downloads, Sonic Youth and Sheffield's Sensoria festival.

In this week's digest: EMI starts the first major label blog, Youtube blocks music videos in Germany and Google offers free downloads in China.

This week in the news: The EU rejects a three strike rule for file-sharers, online music streaming services face up to major losses, and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien seeks a fair deal for new artists.

This week in the news: Spotify grows to iTunes proportions, SXSW laughs in the face of recession, and Bono blasts the file-sharers.

In this week's digest: No Ripcord celebrates its 10th birthday, we moan about not going to SXSW, Youtube squares up to the PRS, and the British Music Experience opens its doors.

There must be something in the water this week. We expect Kanye West to go around shouting his mouth off, dissing other artists, but Wayne Coyne? Bono? Miley Cyrus?! We expected better from these people. Also: Festivals! Free Music! Weird Japanese Gadgets!

It's been another busy week in the music industry. As ever, we've summarised the highlights for you.

In this week's news: Touch & Go downsizes, The Pirate Bay stands trial, and MTV squares up to Youtube.

This our very first weekly news digest, a round-up of what's happening right now in the world of music.