Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Bronfman Speaks, A8, EMI & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES
- American Idol dominates this week’s charts. Is this the day the music died?
- One insider’s viewpoint on Building The Label Brand
- Guitar Hero III hits 1 million downloads
- New Music Video Game Co. launched.
- EMI Records may be up for sale and HQ moving to LA
> WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman talks to the Financial Times: "Within five years . . . I’m pretty confident that things will be significantly better." (FT) Here that Wall Street? Are you willing to give him 5 more years?
> A8, a leading multi-faceted Chinese digital music provider, is planning an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange and the $28M they hope to receive will be used for expansion. (press release)
> EMI is licensing mp3’s to MediaAnywhere’s airport kiosks. (MusicWeek) I think you’ll see a lot of growth in kiosks and labels are smart to embrace them.
> Moneyland, a multi-artist collection offering a look at today’s economic injustices, hits Stores July 8. T features The Del McCoury Band, Merle Haggard, Chris Knight, Marty Stuart, Bruce Hornsby, Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, and more. (press release) I don’t often highlight specific releases, but this is an important topic and I’ve often wondered why there aren’t more themed releases.
> Rock You/Mystuff offers a suite of tools useful for sprucing up MySpace, Facebook and blog pages. Check out a really easy to use slide show creator after the jump.
