Monday’s Music Briefing: SanDisk Cuts Staff, Fall Out Boy, Dell And Much More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

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  WMG’s CEO says he’ll only do 360 deals from now on. Is that what the investment in Front Line/Ticketmaster was really all about?
• How The Net Is Changing The Live Music Business
• Hip Hop Business News From ProHipHop
• Jeff Kwatinetz Leaves The Firm. Is Anything Left?
• Part 3: Primal Branding & Music
• Wil.i.am’s Barack Obama "It’s A New Day" Vid
• Hypebot’s Music Industry Week In Review

MORE NEWS:

• SanDisk has cut 450 people or 15% of its staff a cost-saving mood (Register)  Expect many more such cuts from all corners of the music and tech sectors before the end of the year ans the economy continues to struggle.
• One source says Sony will join the DRM free iTunes Plus store soon. (9-5 Mac)
• Georgia Tech launches a center for music technology. (press release)
• The few Fall Out Boy release will take full advantage of an iPhone app that adds artwork, liner notes and interactive features to album downloads.(Red Orbit, Billboard)
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  Dell will not launch a music player prior to the holiday shopping season as has previously been reported. (Reuters) But don’t take that to mean that Dell is not still trying to figure out the best way to get back into music.
• Sirius and XM station merger is set for November 12th. (Wired)
• The major music services are considering lossless downloads, but not any time soon. (TechFlash)
• A new study claims to show major flaws in the Long Tail theory. (The Register)
• iLike has released a new broader API developer platform. (Duke Listens)