Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: XM Sirius, Meebo Grabs $25M & Much More
FEATURED STORIES:
- Ticketmaster buys VIP ticketing firm SLO.
- eMusic Grabs 2 Earthlink execs and joins Caravan Project?
- Indie label trade group A2IM turns 3 and hooks up with international Independents Day
- JOIN THE DEBATE: Are Indies bing left out of Music 2.0? and Will the labels share new "taxes" with artists?
> Sirius and XM extended their merger deadline as the FCC’s decision looms. (press release)
> Digital NARM will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco. Hypebot will have full coverage.
> ASCAP responds to the court decision forcing major online music sites Yahoo!, AOL and Real to pay millions of dollars in royalties. (ASCAP) Here’s the court decision as a PDF.
> At the same time, more US House members are signing on to oppose performance royalty payments from broadcast radio. (FMQB)
> Meebo, a provider of cross platform web messaging and chat rooms that can be embedded on local sites has grabbed $25 million in funding. (press release)
> A new IFPI and RIAA pamplet and campaign tryies to scare parents into stopping their kids from downloading music (pdf) Viruses,lawsuits and bear, Oh my!
Um, it’s not the first Digital Narm by a long shot…