New Music Business Briefing For 3/08/07: Hawthorne Heights Wins, QuickLink A Hit, More On Payola Settlement

>>> A Chicago judge ruled that former Victory act Hawthorne Heights is free to record for other labels.

>>> QuickLink Music Manager bridges the gap between PC and cell phones and is quickly becoming a hit by bringing an iTunes like experience to mobile headsets.

>>> Producer Tony Visconti shares stories in his new book, "Tony Visconti: The Autobiography – Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy," published thus far only in the UK by Harper Collins.

>>> The new version of iTunes still doesn’t really play nice with Microsoft’s Vista.

>>> More details emerging of the FCC $12 million payola settlement. Reactions mixed.

>>> Coverage of yesterday’s Congressional hearings on the "The Future Of Radio" focused on the proposed Sirius XM merger.