More Music News Thu. 9.3.09: iPhone Ringtones, KCRW, eMusic, YouTube Makes UK Peace & More

• Apple to offer ready-made ringtones for the iPhone and hope to announce it next week. (CNet)
• KCRW will launch Eclectic24, an online, all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all the station’s DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day. It will encompass the whole scope of the public radio station’s musical footprint over the last 30 years, integrating new musical discoveries from KCRW DJs with the best their exclusive live performance and interview archives.  The channel debuts on the air Monday Sept 9th and continues online at www.kcrw.com/eclectic24
• Zune is discontinuing all models other than the new HD. (Wired)
• Post Sony chart watching at eMusic. (Digital Audio Insider)
• More than $10 billion in advertising disappeared from US media markets in the first six months of this year, according to new data that show intense pressure on media owners and ad agencies as they search for other business models. (FT) Can ad supported music survive this downturn?
• Sony’s Walkman digital music player outsold Apple's iPod in Japan last week for the first time in more than four years. (Bloomberg)
• Colbie Caillat debuts at #1. (press release)
• YouTube and PRS make peace as musicians protest about plans to punish file sharers. Videos return to website after deal with trade body and musicians protest about plans to punish file sharers. (Guardian)
• Vevo is reportedly in talks with the television networks about music programing. (FMQB)
• Jason Mraz listens to his fans and not his label and picks "I'm Yours" as a hit single. (Techdirt)