New Music Business Week In Review

>>> Terra Firma, the new owners of EMI, promised to save not sell the label group.

>>> The battle of the ad supported music services – We7 vs. Sprial Frog.  Read an exclusive interview with the head of We7 and vote in the poll here.

>>> Never doubt the power of YouTube. A crazed Britney Spears fan just got his own reality show. Britney also left her managers again at The Firm less than a month after re-hiring them.

>>> Warner Music Group head Edgar Bronfman declared "awesome growth" is ahead despite signs to the contrary and seemed to hint at a softening in their pro-DRM policy. WMG also made its first steps into gaming with tween title "Freaky Creatures".

>>> Can the merger of digital distributors The Orchard and Digital Music Group turn two losers into a winner?

>>> New study says DRM violates Canadian privacy laws.

>>> P2P fighter MediaDefender got hacked.

>>> Hypebot began a series of 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Ways To Promote Music. Read tips 1-10, 11-20 and 21-30, 31-40, 49-50 and  51-60.