Wednesday's Music Brief: Goom Gets $16M, WMG MySpace, AEG, Obama, Savoy & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Goom Grabs $16M For Innovative Online Radio
• MySpace & CD Baby Deliver DIY Upgrades
• Top 7 Music Licensing Sites
• Future Of The Album Week Continues:
  
  • Kyle Bylin - "Turn Album Off:" Navigating Fractured Collections
  • Lefsetz On The Album
  • Poll Results: Does The Album Have A Future?
  • More Articles & Commentaries

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

• EMI owner Terra Firma has the cash to shore it up. (FT)
• An embarrassed Warner Music regrets MySpace Music deal (TechCrunch)
• Free Comes To Concerts: Nettwerk Testing Its 'Pay On The Way Out' Concerts (Techdirt)
• Interview: Lala Co-Founder on 10-Cent Songs, iPhone Apps and Cable Partnerships (Epicenter)
• Concert promoter AEG has launched a simple yet innovative platform that aggregates the sponsorship opportunities at its many major music festivals called Your Brands Our Fans
• The Obama administration taps 5th RIAA lawyer for the Justice Dept. (Threat Level ) How about just one lawyer from the EFF?
• Universal's indie distribution arm Fontana has added the Savoy Label Group which includes 429 Records, Denon Classics, SLG Records, and Savoy Jazz
• Hands-on: Free but inconvenient music doesn't work for Qtrax (ars)
• Local record stores play on despite economy. (Orion)
• Video producer Mills Miller has created a non-commissioned video inspired by Kayne West's "Street Lights".  Watch it after the jump below.

Kanye West-Street Lights(SPEC) Dir:Mills Miller from MillsMillerMedia on Vimeo.