Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review: EMI Slashes, Apple Disappoints, IODA Fights For Indies & More

> EMI announced it would cut 1500-2000 jobs or one third of its workforce in the next 90 days.  Details emerged of a new plan to spend more on artists development and less on marketing. Several major acts including Coldplay, Robbie Williams and The Verve said they would delay delivering new CD’s until EMI proved they would support them and The Rolling Stones departed the label landing at Universal.

> Hypebot broke the story that digital distributor IODA was telling its labels that it was unable to make deal with imeem, Lala and some other Music 2.0 companies because of low royalty payments.

> Borders Books & Music is leaving Amazon for online fulfillment starting in April and is considering its own mp3 only store.

> Steve Jobs‘ new product announcement this week had no music news (see all 90 minutes of the speech summarized in a fun 60 second video) causing Hypebot to ask "Has Apple Gone As Far As It Can Go With Music?"

> The UK’s SliceThePie.com claims its users will launch more new bands in 2008 than three of the four major label groups.

> Here’s a great video overview of Creative Commons which some believe is the future of music licensing.

> A Usenet provider won a case against EMI in German courts saying it was not responsible for file sharing on the network.