Thursday’s Music Brief: WMG, imeem, U2 vs, Radiohead, Kadoink Goes Down. Dylan #1 & Much More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• WMG Quarterly Losses Widen To $68M
• imeem LivesThanks To Last Minute Funding
• U2 vs. Radiohead: Two Managers, Two Very Different Views Of The Future Of Music
• Last.fm Adds Visuals, More Personalization
• JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Umair Haque Calls For A Radical Reinvention Of The Music Industry

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

• Mobile music widget maker Kadoink has shut down just weeks after being acquired. (WSJ)
• Bob Dylan had the top selling album last week with 125,000 units according to Nielsen Soundscan.  2nd was The Hannah Montana Movie Soundtrack at 86k and Rascal Flatts at 53K. (LA Times)
• Comcast is promoting Green Day's new record with HD videos. (press release)
• Mininova, perhaps the largest torrent tracker on the net, has begun filtering content prior to a court date. (TorrentFreak)
• Is Apple buying Twitter? (Gawker)
• More on Sony Music upgrading their artists' sites. (press release)