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# Friday’s Music Briefing: Lumberjack, Layoffs, Music Tax Critque & Much More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/fridays-music-1/
- Published: 2008-12-12T00:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-12-12T00:34:00.000Z
- Description: HYPEBOT FEATURES: More Layoffs: Epic, Last.fm, Alliance, IDN DMW’s 25 Digital Entertainment Execs To Watch Musicane Sales Widgets Add Sony And EMI Music Furturist Gerd Leonhard Gives It Away Free. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/12/fridays-music-1.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Layoff](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2008/12/12/layoff.jpg "Layoff")](https://www.hypebot.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/12/12/layoff.jpg)

  
HYPEBOT FEATURES:

- **[More Layoffs: Epic, Last.fm, Alliance, IDN](https://www.hypebot.com/more-layoffs-la/)**
- **[DMW’s 25 Digital Entertainment Execs To Watch](https://www.hypebot.com/dmws-25-digital/)**
- **[Musicane Sales Widgets Add Sony And EMI](https://www.hypebot.com/musicane-sales/)**
- **[Music Furturist Gerd Leonhard Gives It Away Free](https://www.hypebot.com/music-furturist/)**
- **[Video: Beggars Group’s Simon Wheeler](https://www.hypebot.com/video-beggars-g/)**
- **[Free Private Beta Invites To Twones Music Tracker](https://www.hypebot.com/free-private-be/)**

**MORE NEWS:**

- Rumors have indie **distributor Lumberjack Mordam in trouble…**  
  - Email Hypebot your layoff news and rumors [here](mailto:hypebot@skylineonline.com).
- **Sony has paid $1M** to settle US FTC **child privacy charges.** ([Reuters](http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081211/tc%5Fnm/us%5Fsonymusic%5Flawsuit%5F5?ref=hypebot.com))
- Atari Boss: **Music Games Could Spawn New Art Form** ([Epicenter](http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/atari-boss-musi.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Art form?*
- **LimeWire adds friend sharing** feature, still looks for music. ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081211-limewire-adds-friend-sharing-feature-still-looks-for-music.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- Interview: **"Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride Puts Fans in Charge of Bands"** ([MediaShift](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/12/nettwerk-ceo-terry-mcbride-puts-fans-in-charge-of-bands346.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- A must-read essay by Mike Masnik of Techdirt on **["Why A Music Tax Is A Bad Idea"](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081209/0144083060.shtml?ref=hypebot.com)**.
- Microsoft denies rumors of **a Zune phone.** ([Gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5107042/rumor-smash-no-zune-phone-at-ces?ref=hypebot.com))
- **40 Million Americans now contribute to social networks.** That’s 70% of all broads band users. 29% contribute regularly. ([RedWriteWeb](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/forty%5Fmillion%5Famerican%5Fnow%5Fcon.php?ref=hypebot.com))
- Indie musician **Jill Sobule has raised my than $87,000** form fans to self-release her next record. ([JillsNextRecord](http://jillsnextrecord.com/?ref=hypebot.com))