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Total listener hours in the Santa By A Nose quarter surged 104% to 2.1 billion from about 1 billion a year Strong finish would mark 2011 earlier. Pandora's as first sales gain in seven years total active listeners (those who used the Coming into Black Friday, "It doesn't matter that they service during the year -to -date U.S. album aren't going to rely on their 401k past month) reached sales were up 3.2 %, ac- money until years from now," he 40 million during the cord, ng to Nielsen SoundScan, says. "They see what's happen- period, up 65% from a year earlier. leaving music merchandisers ing now and get more conserva- cautiously optimistic thatthis hol- tive with their spending." » >UMG SUES iday selling season will be strong A senior label executive says GROOVESHARK enough to deliver the industry's that he, too, worries about the Universal Music Group first rise in sales since 2004. economy's impact on music sued Grooveshark in Aside from an impressive re- sales. "It's hard to get a read on U.S. District Court in lease schedule, the major music how the holiday selling season Manhattan for alleged labels, led by Universal Music will go," he says. "Since the fi- copyright violations. Stocking stuffers: The The complaint alleges Group (UMG), have fought nancial crash, everything has holiday selling season back for the first time in years been so erratic." includes sets by Michael that Grooveshark management led an against the DVD's domination However, the major labels Bublé, Lady Antebellum and Lil Wayne. effort to upload more of holiday circulars and prime seem prepared for the first time than 100,000 songs store real a to estate, trend since combat the economy and the to its music service.