Thursday’s Synergy: imeem Layoffs, SanDisk & More

TOP NEWS& FEATURES:

• Ticketmaster To Buy Azoff’s Frontline Management
• IODA Signs With MySpace Music
• New Pete Yorn Video Hopes To Mobilize Voters
• Seth Godin’s "Tribes" Week on Hypebot: Gathering The Music Tribe
• Contest: How Are You Building Your Tribe?

MORE NEWS:

• Imeem is laying off 25% of its staff and looking for a buyer. (paidContent) Portfilio has a look at imeem’s troubles as part of  the broader digital music landscape. (Portfolio) The consolidation which is being sped up by the poor global economy continues…
• Samsung has dropped it’s $5.85B bid to buy Sandisk. (DMW)
• 3Q European Platinum Music awards. (IFPI)
• 
  Opinion: The Facebook Music Mess. (Computerworld)
• A video look at the new Android music apps. (Music Ally, more info)
• Jambase has released an iPhone app that taps their big database of live shows. (Digital Noise)
• In an era of low sales, what constitutes a hit? (Daily News)
• Listen to the new G&R single and tell us if you think it was worth the wait.