UPDATED STORY & COMMENTARY: YouTube Indie Label Talks Falter. Cease & Desist Orders Fly.

EXCLUSIVE: Informed sources tell Hypebot that talks between new trade organization Merlin and YouTube over payments to independent labels for music used on the site have broken down and legal. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday January 29th, 2007

>>> MIDEM may be over but the news just keeps on coming: The Orchard has struck a deal with Sanctuary to take of its digital distribution. Indie Koch has contracted. Continue reading

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Last Week’s Top Stories

>>> HYPEBOT EXCLUSIVE: Some major indie labels have filed lawsuits against YouTube after failing to reach a compensation deal. (Hypebot) >>> Andy Slater is out and Jason Flom is in. Continue reading

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Music Industry Quote Of The Week

"EMI is proving by this consolidation that they need to be allowed to merge with Warner.  They’re illustrating what sad shape they’re in.  It appears to be a death spiral. . Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday January 26th, 2007

>>> Some tech savvy DC area venues like the venerable Wolf Trap are using new media including podcasts and YouTube to broaden their audience for Opera and other genres. (Washington. Continue reading

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Slater Out As Flom Heads Combined Capital & Virgin U.S. Layoffs Loom.

EMI Group today announced the company is merger of its Capitol and Virgin labels to form The Capitol Music Group, a front line pop, rock and urban label group. Jason. Continue reading

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NY Indie Retailer OTHER Adds MP3 Download Store

Revered New York indie retailer Other Music is launching a download site late next month.  "The basic strategy will be the same as at the shop. We sort through everything. Continue reading

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SpiralFrog Leaps Back To Life

Fresh of a wave of key executive and board resignations and a delayed launch SpiralFrog is attempting leaping back back to life with a major new board appointment – former. Continue reading

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This Week’s UK indiestore.com Picks

Stutterbunny ’15ft’There’s nothing stuttering about this Glasgow four-piece. Think Blondie, Elastica, The Cramps, Glitter Band… oh, you know. They’ve balls the size of cabbages and make an utterly splendid racket.. Continue reading

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Major Labels Crawl Towards MP3’s

We’ve been saying it for weeks, but now word is coming out of  France at the industry gathering MIDEM that 2007 will be the year that the majors seriously experiment. Continue reading

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