Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday November 17th, 2006

> A look at the race for the ultimate music phone. (WebProNews)

> Clear Channel including its 1100 radio stations has been sold to people (private equity firms) who probably care less about broadcast quality then the current team.  What they want is more billboards. (MarketWatch)

> Google has smartly set aside $200 million to defend YouTube against lawsuits. (Guardian UK)

> A group of "top" music bloggers (and proudly we weren’t one of them) got together and decided that TV ON The Radio was the best band in America. Also hotly debated was whether or not they should tell anyone because if the band got too popular they’d have to change their minds. (Information Leafblower)

> EMI has agreed to license music videos to online video portal and on-demand cable service Gotuit Media. (AP)

> New sites like Jamglue, Splice and SingShot are combining social networking with tools that let amateurs create, share and remix each other’s songs. (Wired)