Monday’s Music Briefing: Pandora, U2, G ‘n R, TuneCore & Much More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Pandora Cuts Staff 14%. Are More  Layoffs Ahead? 
• Majors May Miss MySpace Music Payday
• Facebook Mulls Music. This Time With Partners
• A tour of Warner Brothers Records VP Ethan Kaplan’s Office
• Did you miss anything last week? Music’s Week In Review: slotMusic, iTunes, WMG, AC/DC & More
• EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SETH GODIN ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, TRIBES AND THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO LEAD THEM.

MORE NEWS:

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  U2 recieved 1.56 million shares of Live Nation stock worth $19 million in exchange for its 12 year touring and merch deal signed back in March. (Billboard)
• Guns ‘n Roses are interviewing ad agences in an effort to make a break from traditional music marketing strategies. (Marketing Week)
• The RIAA now wants to avoid trial in innocent infringement case and are appealing the mistrial in the Jammie Thompson case.
• TuneCore and iLike have partnered to offer combined distribution and cross platform song streaming. (Billboard) I don’t see much new here or am I missing something?
• Some Chinese manufacturers are adding low rez digital cameras to their music players.(Digitimes)
• The plug has been pulled on the "first ever donation based record label"