Friday’s Music Briefing: MySpace Music CEO, The Beatles, Napster, Awdio & More
MySpace Music has offered the CEO position to Courtney Holt, former Interscope exec and MTV Networks’ EVP of Digital Music & Media, according cNet.
The digital shy Beatles and MTV owned Harmonix will allow their music to be used in a new video game to be created by the folks who brought us Rock Band. Good stuff but hardly the "unprecedented global music project" that MTV promised in Wednesday’s press released.- Napster adds 13 million AT&T wireless customers to its Napster Mobile serivce. (press release)
- RealNetworks suffered a net loss of $4.5M for the third quarter, compared to a gain of $4.3M iduringthe same time last year. The balance sheet did show gains in both its music and gaming. (press release)
- Awdio has raised $2 million for a service that puts night clubs live on the net in ad supported service. (TechCrunch)
- Wired likes the new Hot Topic’s Shockhound download store. (Listening Post)
I heard that dude Courtney Holt is a digital genius. The day he left Interscope Records spelled utter demise for them from the inside out.