Tuesday's Music Briefing: Hype Machine, EMI Sues, WiFi & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Introduce Yourself To The Hypebot Community. Meet this interesting bunch and say hello.
- Live Stub: Secondary Ticketing Goes Free
- BMI Collections Up 7.2% To $901 Million
- Our Podcast #3: Pandora and Muxtape
- oll: Should the music industry work to lower the drinking age?
> MP3 aggregator the Hype Machine gets Valleywag's "Cute Startup" of the week award. (VW) Didn't Hype Machine start-up a couple of years ago? They must be looking for money.
> EMI has sued Chinese site Yobo.com over 73 titles. (JLM)
> CORRECTION: China The British censor a verse of a "Whole Lotta Love" during the Olympic closing ceremony. (Music 2.0)
> A post-sale Clear Channel ups four key executives and signs the to multi-year deals. (press release)
> Watch out terrestrial radio! Chrysler has added wi-fi in some new models. (Inside Music Media)
> International philanthropic act the Green Children signs with Universal and prepares a US launch. (press release)
> 19 iPhone music apps and hacks. (Garagespin)
> YourMinis offers yet another free widget creation solution. (YourMinis via MediaFurturist) If you're not using minis to spread content and artist news, you should be.
