Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: WMG Digital Exec Resigns, Nickelback 360, Studies Predict Digital Soar & Much More
> Warner Music Group‘s executive vice president of digital strategy, Alex Zubillaga, is leaving the business in June "to pursue other opportunities". (Reuters) Zubliga – who is WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman’s brother in law – came aboard as part of the venture capital purchase of the music group in 2004. Now perhaps someone with more appropriate experience can lead the important charge towards digital. (Ethan, clean up your desk. Maybe they’ll promote from within.) SEE MAJOR UPDATE
> Rumors are swirling that Nickelback are in negotiations with WMG to get the 360 treatment. (NY Post) But Hits says the band is talking to other labels as well.
> STUDY THE STUDIES:
- Global online music sales will total $8.9 Billion by 2010 according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts.
- A new Forrester Research study says digital sales will pass CD sales in 2012. (Business Journal)
- UK digital music sales will exceed £160m in 2008, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (NMA)
> Google’s new AdSense For Video program may provide a real revenue opportunity for labels and producers of music videom according to Listening Post.
> The owner of a pirated Beatles web site is jailed for 18 months in Brazil. (IFPI)
> 44 Blue Productions, a top supplier of reality, documentary, lifestyle, and action-adventure programming tapped the Alan Ett Creative Group to its "virtual music department".
> Just make sure you didn’t miss anything important last week, don’t miss our Music 2.0 Week In Review.
> OurDigitalMusic and the b5 music channel has some fun today with "10 One Hits Winders That Drive You Crazy".
