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# Friday’s Music Brief: RIAA Cuts, WMG vs. MTV, Pirate Bay’s Nazi, Ustream At SXSW & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/fridays-music-brief-2-2/
- Published: 2009-02-27T00:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-02-27T00:22:00.000Z
- Description: HYPEBOT FEATURES: RIAA Staff Cuts May Be Far Deeper Than Reported Songbeat Down But Not Out After WMG Lawsuit How iTunes Chooses Feature Artists Stringer Consolidates Hold Over Sony Corp.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/02/fridays-music-brief-2-2.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

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- **[![RIAA](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20111689c9c3d970c-50wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20111689c9c3d970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com)**  
**[RIAA Staff Cuts May Be Far Deeper Than Reported](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/02/is-the-.html)**
- **[Songbeat Down But Not Out After WMG Lawsuit](https://www.hypebot.com/songbeat-down-but-not-out-after-wmg-lawsuit/)**
- **[How iTunes Chooses Feature Artists](https://www.hypebot.com/how-do-you-get-featured-on-itunes/)**
- **[Stringer Consolidates Hold Over Sony Corp.](https://www.hypebot.com/stringer-consolidates-hold-over-sony-corp/)**
- **[Choruss' Griffin: "…this business won't survive."](https://www.hypebot.com/choruss-griffin-this-business-wont-survive/)**
- **[Lessons From Digital Music Forum East – Understanding Fan Interaction](https://www.hypebot.com/lessons-from-digital-music-forum-east-understanding-fan-interaction/)**
- **Daily D.I.Y – [On Being Wrong](https://www.hypebot.com/daily-diy-burn-your-bridges-or-on-being-wrong/)**

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**MTV i**s supposedly **boycotting Warner Music** artists in its **Rock Band** game. ([Techdirt](http://techdirt.com/articles/20090225/0204423896.shtml?ref=hypebot.com))
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