Summary: Last week Doug Freeman (http://about.me/dmfreeman), a music critic for the Austin Chronicle, wrote an opinion piece in response to a Hypebot interview in which Sean Adams, the founder of Drowned In Sound, suggested music blogs are no longer influential. Freeman joins us to explain that if blogs were simply gateways to new music discovery, then the streaming playlister is the new music blogger. New influencers and kingmakers will emerge in a shifting editorial landscape. We also take you to the first weekend of this year's Coachella Music Festival where more than 150 acts strutted their stuff to an more than 100,000 attendees. Headliners such as Radiohead and The Black Keys proved to be big hits, but Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg stole the show by performing with a picture perfect hologram of the late Tupac Shakur. "The Hunger Games" continues to feast on the North American box office, but the number one movie in the world this past weekend was "Titanic 3D" thanks to a record breaking opening in China. We also cover the week's top entertainment headlines including Mel Gibson's public fight with a screenwriter, an extended run for "Game of Thrones" and an anti-trust lawsuit against major publishing houses. 'Battleship' Boldly Opens More Than a Month Early Overseas http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/battleship-box-office-taylor-kitsch-peter-berg-311075 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/battleship-box-office-taylor-kitsch-peter-berg-311075) Box Office Report: 'Titanic 3D' Launches to Record Numbers in China http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/titanic-3d-china-box-office-james-cameron-311017 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/titanic-3d-china-box-office-james-cameron-311017) 'Titanic' in 3-D Has Even Higher Chinese Debut Than Originally Projected http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/04/china-titanic-3d-box-office-opening.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/04/china-titanic-3d-box-office-opening.html) 'Hunger Games': Gary Ross Will Not Direct Sequel 'Catching Fire' http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hunger-games-gary-ross-catching-fire-310294 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hunger-games-gary-ross-catching-fire-310294) ‘GMA’ Appears to Nudge ‘Today’ From Top Spot After 16 Years http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/today-and-gma-wonder-who-won-last-week/ (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/today-and-gma-wonder-who-won-last-week/) Coachella 2012 Is A Snapshot of Pop Music In Wonderful Disarray http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/16/entertainment/la-et-coachella-notebook-20120416 (http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/16/entertainment/la-et-coachella-notebook-20120416) Drowned In Sound Founder Sean Adams On The Decline Of MP3 Blogging http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/legendary-music-blogger-sean-adams-on-slow-death-of-mp3-blogging.html (http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/legendary-music-blogger-sean-adams-on-slow-death-of-mp3-blogging.html) Opinion: The End of Music Blogging and the New Editorial Voice of Streaming http://evolver.fm/2012/04/09/opinion-the-end-of-music-blogging-and-the-new-editorial-voice-of-streaming/ (http://evolver.fm/2012/04/09/opinion-the-end-of-music-blogging-and-the-new-editorial-voice-of-streaming/) Spotify Adds Free Music Play Button For Web Sites, Blogs & Tumblr http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/spotify-adds-free-music-play-button-for-web-sites-blogs-tumblr.html (http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/spotify-adds-free-music-play-button-for-web-sites-blogs-tumblr.html) Jeff Tweedy & Wilco Experiment With Dynamic Concert Ticket Prices http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/jeff-tweedy-wilco-experiment-with-dynamic-concert-ticket-prices.html (http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/jeff-tweedy-wilco-experiment-with-dynamic-concert-ticket-prices.html) Court Documents Reveal Live Nation Paid $2.
