Thursday’s Music Briefing: XM Sirius Approved, Net Celebs, 50 Cent & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

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  The Pretenders Go 2.0 To Market New Release
• BPI Takes Small Step Towards UK ISP Ban
• Poll: Should Bands Sell Out?
• Matt Nathanson – Success Takes Time
• Yahoo! Music! Closing! Burn! Tracks! Now!
• CIMS Indie Store Charts
• 4 Pillars Of The Band & Fan Relationship
• New Music Industry Job Board

> The FCC will approve the merger of XM and Sirius, but first they have to pay $20 million in fines. (WSJ) In fact,  XM and Sirius say they are already are in final talks with the FCC. (press release) I’m not in favor of this merger, but does it matter?  Get WiMax going and internet radio will make satellite radio obsolete.

> The EconCeleb convention which celebrates online celebrity content and the celebrities themselves has named the Econoclast10 and musicians take up 5 of the 10 spots. (ContentNext)

> 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell for their creative guerrilla endorsement. (NME)

> Marketing guru Mark Collier‘s Viral Garden does an interesting critic of SubPops blogs. (Viral Garden) Mark was even smart enough to suggest that SubPop add Hypebot to their blogroll.

> Amazon has doubled its profits despite a weak worldwide economy. (FT)

> MusicMarketing.com takes Hypebot’s 5 Lies That Indie Musicians Tell Themselves post and ran with it as a 60 minute conference call/discussion/podcast.