Tuesday’s Music Briefing: Hype Machine, EMI Sues, WiFi & More

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• 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.