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Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Yahoo! Rejects Music Subscription, Artist Nation, Pirate Bay & More

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>>> From yesterday’s Yahoo! earnings call from CEO Jerry Jeng: "…we have de-emphasized our focus around subscription music in favor of advertising supported music". (transcript) We’re not sure what that means yet but it does mean more changes are ahead at Yahoo! Music.

>>> Details of the Live Nation deal with Madonna emerge as the company launches a major Artist Nation division offering a broad range of services. (press release)

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>>> After a long running feud with the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), including a failed attempted by the IFPI to grab confidential files from the Swedish police, the notorious Pirate Bay has grabbed the IFPI’s domain IFPI.com dubbing it the International Federation For Piracy Interests. (Crenk)

>>> Apple has now confirmed our story yesterday that it is dropping DRM free download prices to 99 cents and adding more indies. (AP)

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>>> The RIAA has shifted its legal battle to new ground – Usenet.com, the home to tens of thousands of discussion and news groups and millions of files. (ars) Do you think maybe a Usenet ad campaign that read. "Shh… Quiet! We believe it’s no one’s business but your own what you do on the Internet or in Usenet," reads the site. "We don’t track user activity." clued those smart fellas over at the RIAA?

>>> MySpace has cut an ad revenue sharing deal with SonyBMG. (Reuters)

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