Friday’s Music Briefing: MySpace Opens, Death Row Sells, XM Settles & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES –

• UK May Have Legal P2P By Year’s End
• Radio Performance Rights Act Passes Committee
• I Really Don’t Hate eMusic…Really
• Amazon Adds IODA Video and Films

> MySpace opens its walled platform further and allows 3rd party date sharing. (ars)

> Suge Knight’s Death Row Records was sold for $24M to Global Music Group. (SOHH)

> XM has settled with EMI Publishing in the Pioneer Inno lawsuit. (press release)

> Napster faces a proxy battle from three shareholders saying that current management has not been aggressive enough against iTunes and in fighting piracy. (Reuters) The proxy battle may be a silly distraction for Napster’s board brought by minor shareholders, but the three are right that Napster was slow to go mp3 as well as take other moves to compete.

> US and UK concert recommendation site SongKick has closed a $1.1 million funding round. (PaidContent)

> MTV continues to combine web and TV offerings with several new shows. (Reuters)