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Tuesday’s Music Brief: Seth Godin, BriTunes, TouchTunes, Seepod, Eminem, The RIAA & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Seth Godin: Another View Of Free Not A Joke:NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Launches BriTunes Music Creation Software Popularity Index Microsoft Reduced To Using An iPod To Sell. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/05/former-sony-bmg-coo-and-president-charles-gold

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  • Former Sony BMG COO and President Charles Goldstruck has joined digital jukebox provider TouchTunes has CEO. (press release)
  • (RED) and Live Nation team on AIDS charity concerts. (press release)
  • Seeqpod Update:  They are in talks with Microsoft as I suspected. (Wired)
  • UK music royalties agency PPL collected record amounts last year. (FT)
  • Music and film entrepenuer David Geffen wants to buy a piece of the New York Times. Google may want in too. (MediaMemo)Sirius-xm-merger
  • Sirius XM could lose hundreds of thousands of new subs from Chrysler's bankruptcy (paidContent)
  • Polydor breaks new digital ground with Eminem’s Relapse. (Music Ally)
  • Approximately 62 new cases filed by RIAA in April. (R.I. vs The People) So much for a moratorium...
  • Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger: Justice Department vows tougher rules on antitrust issues. (TicketNews)