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New Music Business Briefing: Qtrax Inks All Majors, Mobile Music On Edge, TuneCore Writes Big Check & More.

Qtrax_2
>>> Ad supported music P2P Qtrax has signed deals with all four major labels and plans to launch in October with a catalog of 20-30 million songs or 4 to 6 times more songs than iTunes. (NY Post)

Iphone
>>> Survey says Apple fans not music fans are the ones who are buying the iPhone which launches this week. (PC)

>>> Jupiter’s David Card blogs on jump starting mobile music in the U.S.

Money
>>> TuneCore

which enables indie musicians to get onto major download services with a low flat fee paid cut $331K last month. Bands using the service have earned 100% of $1.7 million
since payments began in May, 2006
. TuneCore‘s
top three digital download stores for April are iTunes, Napster and
eMusic while its top earner was comedian Liam Sullivan as Kelly for his
YouTube sensation "Shoes."

>>> Harry Fox and INgrooves have inked a direct music licensing deal. (Billboard)

>>> An amazing 88 indie labels are based  in Seattle. (Seattlepi via Daily Swarm)

Riaa
>>> A exonerated fan is suing the RIAA for malicious prosecution. (ars)

>>> DMC joined Aerosmith on stage in the UK for an encore of "Walk ThisPaulmccartney Way"(NME)

>>> Paul McCartney will pay a surprise concert in LA’s Ameoba Record store Wednesday. (Reuters)

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