Wednesday’s Music Brief: ThinkIndie, MySpace Music, Difinitive Jux, The Beatles, RIAA & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
eBay, Live Nation & Fairmont Start Selling Digital Downloads
- Labels Unhappy With MySpace Music Revenue
- Interview: CIMS' Jim Fahy On ThinkIndie.com
- Indie Label Sponsors BitTorrent Site To Promote New Album
- EU Considers 27 Country License
- Umair Haque Calls For A Radical Reinvention Of The Music Industry
- CBS & Last.fm Consolidate Online Radio Units
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS
The Orchard announced that Definitive Jux, the NYC hip hop label, has renewed its digital distribution deal and has expanded it to include national physical distribution for the US.
- The Beatles: Rock Band Pre-Order Club officially goes live yesterday offering exclusive news and goodies for those that order in advance. (press release)
- RIAA lawsuits continue. (Epicenter)
- From The "What Took You So Long?" Department: Sony is beefing up its artist with streaming music and lyrics. (Music Ally)
- On valuing Twitter. (FT)
- Cat Stevens claims Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida' was copied from his song. Not Satriani's (Techdirt)
- Tonium's 60GB Pacemaker pocket DJ now on sale in US. (Engadget) How cool is that? I want one!