New Music Business Briefing: Getty Buys Pump, Zune & MTV, YouTube Lawsuits & More
>>> Getty Images is buying online music licensing company Pump for $42 million. The deal should extend Pump’s reach particularly in advertising Pump claims 80,000 song placements since inception. (WSJ)
>>> Zune appears to be prepping a partnership with MTV/VH1/CMT for video content. (Engadget) Its about time Zune got some video content…
>>> After a long stint at Universal Dave Reynolds joins Virgin as VP of Promotion. (FMQB)
>>> Rupert Murdoch is reportedly considering a deal to swap MySpace for a 25% stake in Yahoo! (UK Times)
>>> ARS Technica looks at content filtering and on going lawsuits at YouTube. (Ars)
>>> Diddy and Britany move over, Quincy Jones is cashing in on his personal brand with a series of deals. (Billboard.biz) When was the last time Quincy had a hit?
>>> Swarmcast is releasing a free iTunes accelerator that claims to speed downloads 10X. (PC) Now if only they could get people to buy 10X’s the downloads…
Excellent, now we can buy online music, it can help very pass process. How can we start for that? I thought it’s about online music for ballad musicians.