Friday’s Music Brief: EMI Infighting, Sony Joins VEVO, NARM, Cohen On Spotify, ArtistData & More

If you need a little Friday inspiration,check out today's two Hyebot essays: Virgil Dickerson finds some great lessons in a video on craft beer brewers and our pal from Sweden Martin J. Thörnkvist asks and partially answers "What Will A Record Label Look Like In 5 Years?". I wasn't able to finish the final parts of the Music & The Creative Class series. Look for it Monday along with Kyle Bylin's interview and Virgil's first day at NARM.

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• More Trouble At EMI As Execs Squabble
• Virgil Gets Inspired By A Craft Brewer Video
• eMusic Explains Sony Deal, Suggests More Changes
• What Will A Record Label Look Like In 5 Years?
• Jay-Z & Eminem Promote DJ Hero Game Collaboration
• Sony Joins Universal's VEVO Video Service

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

• NARM and NARM Connects start on Sunday in San Diego. In a new move for the music retail conference they're encouraging participation from the tech and mobile sectors and opening showcases to the public. (Variety) I've heard from more than one industry vet that this could be NARM's last confab. While the world could use one less conference, it would also be a loss if there was not a place in the US for music retail and wholesale, as well as indie record labels to gather and share concerns.
• Steve Jobs recovered, set for timely return to Apple. (ars)
• UK Minister warns illegal filesharers they face 'technical measures'. "But 3 strikes and you're off the net is too draconian" (Guardian UK)
• The prolific and usually right Ted Cohen on The Spotify Effect. (MidemNet) "With the licensing of Spotify, along with Nokia’s Comes With Music
  mobile initiative, the music industry is finally acknowledging the
  inevitable. That consumers are now both empowered and entitled. They
  want it all, and not at $0.99 a bite…ACCESS TRUMPS OWNERSHIP."
• I found out that IODA has redesigned its web site by following tis @iodamarketing Twitter feed.
• Congrats to ArtistData on its 1st Anniversary of "connecting artists to fans without getting in the way."
• Music In The Meltdown: What, then, will play on the soundtrack of the montage of the current crisis? What is the music of our meltdown? (New Republic)
• Six months later, no ISPs are joining the RIAA piracy fight. (cNet)
• Unknown bands are breaking into commercials. (Billboard)
• Vodafone drops DRM restrictions in UK and elsewhere. (WebUser)
• Saudi Arabia worst for music piracy in Gulf (Arabian Business)
• Clear Channel Lenders May Reject Debt Exchange (FMQB)
• Rumors abound that JazzTimes magazine is folding. (JazzBeyondJazz) via Daily Swarm)