More Music Industry News: Free Music Via Google, Qtrax + Baidu, U.S. Music Hack Day & More

• 20+ major artists will be offering free content to promote Google's new music search engine. Details are few. (TechCrunch)
• Qtrax announced that Baidu, China's leading search engine, has agreed to direct music related search inquiries from its Entertainment Portal, and Qian Qian Music Online sites to Qtrax's ad supported download service. (press release)
• Ad supported music service We7 launches a digital heat map for label partners. (Music Ally)
• Apple is pitching a $30 per month alternative to cable via its iTunes player to the major tv networks (MediaMemo)
• Best Buy is planning a movie download service with CinemaNow. (LA Times)
• Music Hack Day comes to U.S. - After a debut in London this summer, Music Hack Day comes to Boston Nov. 21-22. "The main goal of Music Hack Day is to explore and build the next generation of music applications. It's a full weekend of hacking in which participants will conceptualize, create and present their projects. Music + software + hardware + art + the web. Anything goes as long as it's music related."
• #2 concert promoter AEG is looking for a new ticketing partner to distance itself from Ticketmaster if the Live Nation merger is completed. (Bloomberg)