Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Wednesday’s December 6th, 2006

> IODA digital distribution has added Dave Mathews owned ATO, Koch, Barnaby, Ecstatic Piece and blues label Blind Pig to it’s growing label roster. (press release)

> Veteran Philadelphia area promoter Bill Rogers has left the Northeast branch of troubled Jack Utsick Presents to form his own BRE Presents.

> Nordstrom and Sears add limited CD selections. (Billboard) Can this possibly make up for lost Tower sales?  Is it a great way to market to adults?  In the end will it matter to more than a handful of select artists like Starbucks has?

> An interview with BitTorrent’s Bram Cohen. (Wired)

> Billboard.biz gets a makeover and adds more features that don’t require a subscription. (Billboard.biz)