Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Grammy Winners, Yahoo Rejects Microsoft, WMG CEO Under Investigation & Much More

> Herbie Hancock and Amy Winhouse win big at the Grammys. Here’s a complete list of the Grammy winners and nominees by category.

>Yahoo has rejected Microsoft’s bid for the company. But no one is ready to say this fight is over.  (WSJ)

> French courts are seriously investigating insider trading charges against WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman. (NY Post, AFP) Edgar’s also making a pretty penny as a real estate flipper. (NYT) If only he could make WMG profitable…

> AFTRA and the major labels have reached an agreement that increases royalty rates to artists and session players. (FMQB)

> Comscore says 141 million US users viewed 10 million videos online in a record breaking December. (press release)

> MTV President Christina Norman is stepping down after a strong run. (AP) Could this and the Comscore story be related?

> German indie Dependent Records has decided to shut its doors and upload all its albums to The Pirate Bay siting piracy as one of the main reasons the label shut down. (TorrentFreak)

> RealNetworks today announced the extension of its contract with Korean wireless services provider SK Telecom to power SK’s MelOn always on digital music service. (RTTNews)

> 35% of Chinese say they listened to mobile music every month compared with 20% in Spain, 18.9% in Britain and 5.7% in the United States, according to M:Metrics. (Reuters) Don’t miss our ongoing series on The Music Industry in China (Part 1 – Piracy & Retail,  Part 2 – Inide & Major Labels, and Part 3 – Media & Marketing with more to come) and our take on Google’s move to offer free music in the country.

> Just to be 100% sure you didn’t miss anything important last week, here’s Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review.