> HITS vs LEFSTEZ over WMG's Lyor Cohen: "Powerless" Lenny vs. "low-rent sycophant blogger". (Daily Swarm) Cohen's $3 million yearly contract was renewed yesterday (SEC) Here's my take on the new contracts for expensive WMG execs.
> Bertelsmann says that it would sell its half of Sony BMG, if Sony were willing to offer a similar valuation to the £2.1 billion that paid by Guy Hands paid for EMI last year. (Times UK) Good luck with that.
> EMI is set to join Nokia "Comes With Music" which offers unlimited music with a premium new phone or device purchase. (Reuters)
> SanDisk will promote DRM-free music from 50 emerging artists on a microSD card as part of their launch of the 8GB (gigabyte) Sansa Fuze flash MP3 player. The “Sansa Sessions” microSD card is a collection of songs and music videos from more than 30 labels. Artists include All Time Low, Ladytron, Magnet, Nada Surf, Of Montreal and The Coup. (press release)
> Vodaphone will offer exclusive multi-track preview of Madonna's new "Hard Candy" album. (press release)
> SoundClick, a music social media website which claims 3.3 million members, has a new alliance with MyPRGenie to offer net based PR services. (press release)
