Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: WMG, EMI, Subscription, AC/DC + WalMart & More
UPDATED – HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Second Life co-creator joins EMI
- Group calls for no satellite merger + $250M fines
- WMG pulls full song streams from Last.FM plus Commentary
- Online drama of a young music exec
- Li’l Wayne and Universal embrace Musicane widgets
- 6 Ways To Save The Music Industry – links to our series
- Ex-Yahoo! VP Ian Roger’s suggestions for restructuring EMI
- Music 2.0 Week In Review -Make sure you didn’t miss anything important
> Last.fm grabbed the new Sigur Ros for streaming two weeks prior to release here.
> We reported Friday that UK ISP Virgin is bowing to recording industry pressure and sending warning letters to P2P offenders. Now comes word that it may be part of a larger 3 . (ars)
> MusicStation, available mobile via Vodafone has surpassed PC based sites to become the UK’s top subscription music service. (press release) No numbers we’re given, but could this suggest that mobile is the future of subscription?
> AC/DC will sell their new album exclusively via Wal-Mart.(Rueters) Other acts seem likely to follow. And believe it or not…
some major stars make the trek to Arkansas to play the company’s annual shareholders meeting. Details of the latest concerts and news of other exclusive releases via NY Times
> After two years in the courts, Hawthorne Heights has dropped its lawsuit against Victory Records and will release their next album there. (FMQB)
> Microsoft is improving its mobile music software to compete with the iTunes/iPhone combo. (TechWeb)
> Labels look at variable downloads pricing. (Billboard)
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