HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Tough times at EMI as lender Citi sets higher quarterly goal.
- Can The Music Industry Save Itself? Part 1 in a Hypebot series.
- Music Industry 1.0 Score Card
- Did you miss anything? Hypebot's Music Industry Week In Review
> UK digital album sales jumped 70% and singles were up 42% in the first quarter of the year (UK Charts via DMW)
> Is rapper 50 Cent on the verge of a $300 million 360 deal that would bring him and his label to Murdoch's MySpace Records? (SFGate, MTO) I predict it won't happen. Rupert's too smart for this one.
> Fan Created Commerce: Lollapalooza teams with Threadless in a contest to design the official festival t-shirt.
> Backstage launches a system to help bands give away free music as a promotional tool. (Mashable) Some are questioning why bands would not just use a file sharing site like Rapidshare for free.
> Coldplay campaign highlights continued power of email campaigns. (Million Media)
