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- Royalty Board To Rule. iTunes Threatens Shut Down
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MORE NEWS:
- Word is that eMusic CEO David Pakman is headed to VC firm Venrock. (Alley Insider)
- Sirius adds some XM programming as the merger takes shape. (Reuters, Sirius)
- 7Digital will power an mp3 download store for EMI in Australia. (Billboard)
- NPR has launched the social networking like NPR Community feature with personal pages and direct user to user interaction. NPR is growing as an adult music destination and this new community may prove a great place to virally promote AAA and Americana as well as Jazz and Classical artists
- Ticketmaster gets deeper into the secondary ticketing business via its Tickets Now property. (press release)
EMI Music has appointed Howard Handler to the new role of EVP, Head of Marketing in North America. He has previously led marketing for brands such as Virgin Mobile, the National Football League, MTV and the Quaker Oats Company. (FMQB) An interesting choice from outside the music industry that deserves watching.- Thursday Nokia is expected to launch a new phone called The Tube complete with its Comes With Music service in the UK. (WSJ)
- NIN Edition of Tap Tap Revenge brings licensed content to Apple’s App Store (Tech Crunch)
