Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Project Playlist, Q Prime Records & Much More

HYPEBOT FEATURES –

• Coldplay vs. Radiohead vs. NIN – Does free music help make a band more popular?
• Live Nation and AdBrite launch eFan Finder to track and report the concert promoter’s ad activity across thousands of web sites
• Make sure you didn’t miss anything important last week with our Music 2.0 Week In Review
• Hypebot and our parent company, the booking agency Skyline Music are looking for Summer and Fall interns that can be located anywhere<

> Project Playlist, which is being sued by the major labels, says it will shut down if it can’t make licensing deals. It’s also solicited the help of some heavy hitters including ex-RIAA head Jay Berman. (cNet) Project Playlist enables users to create playlists by
linking to content hosted across the net and courts must decide if that’s covered by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

> Sire Records president Michael Goldstein is exiting the label to start a new one for management giant Q Prime. (FMQB) Why such an old school chose for a new label?

> After less than a year, Michael Bloom has left the Rhapsody America. the joint venture joint with MTV where he had served as GM. (Billboard) He appears headed back to MTV. Does this spell early trouble for the service? Will it go DRM-free soon?

> Bertlesmann AG, half of Sony BMG, reported smaller quarterly losses thanks in part to an end to old Napster payouts. (FMQB)

> Madonna has named Stub Hub her official ticket scalper…I mean re-seller. (WSJ)

> A look at the $50 million joint venture between Rhino and the Frank Sinatra estate. (FT)

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