Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Amazon’s Gains, PluggedIn, Tesco MP3 & Much More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• New rumors are swirling of high level changes at EMI
• Starbuck and iTunes team for free weekly downloads
• Earn a free pass to Digital NARM
•  Peter Gabriel Launches The Filter

> New data from NPD show that the growth in sales at Amazon MP3 has not come at the expense of iTunes or other stores. Only 10% of Amazon’s customers also buy from iTunes. (ars)

> Motley Crue to release new single "Streets of LA" via the Rock Band video game. Def (Reuters) Def Leppard is reportedly doing the same via Guitar Hero. That way it’s success won’t get measured against traditional releases.

> Fader will be handling ad and sponsorship sales for the ad support RCRD LBL.

> Another entry into the online music mix, PluggedIn has launched in public beta. Its got the usual content, info and social functions adding higher almost-broadcast quality video as a point of differentiation. Little new yet but worth watching.

> The relaunch of UK supermarket chain Tesco’s download store will include a major shift towards mp3. (press release)

> MySpace has launched a local site for South Korea. According to DMW, when the company launches in India, MySpace will have 30 localized versions available in 15 languages.