HYPEBOT FEATURES
- 12,000 indie labels are looking to Merlin to negotiate their fair share with new music services, but to date no deals have been announced.
- Join The Discussion: Will Indies be left out of Music 2.0?
- Last week’s Music 2.0 Week In Review.
> Wired’s Listening Post takes a look at programs used to inflate a band’s plays on MySpace.
> Rumors of a possible $3 million investment by Universal in band services site Nimbit appear to be true.
> Viacom’s quarterly earnings jumps 33% on strong ratings as MTV and sales of Rock Band video games. (FT) Is the takeaway that while you can’t make money in music; you can make money with music?
> Watch for exclusive coverage all this week from Digital NARM in San Francisco.
