Friday’s Music Briefing: Radio Royalties, MySpace Makeover & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES –
- French service has unlimited downloads for a flat fee. Why can’t they do this everywhere?
- Universal lost a lawsuit to stop re-sale of promos
- Metallica apologized to blogs blaming management
- This week’s CIMS indie charts
- VOTE: "Can A Label Run Without A President"
> A move to charge broadcast radio performance royalties is gaining steam in Congress
and a bi-product may be fairer rates for internet radio as well. (RAIN)
> MySpace is launching a major redesign next week including a new homepage, simplified navigation, a more streamlined and cleaner profile builder, improved search, and a redesigned MySpaceTV player. (PaidContent)
> Alternate reality game makers 42 Entertainment will be featured speakers at the upcoming Bandwidth Music and Tech Conference August 14-14 in SF. (press release) Hypebot will have full conference coverage.
> AOL Radio which now includes 100 CBS Radio stations will soon be available for free iPhone streaming. (FMQB)
> The Musicians Union is suing American Idol claiming musicians are underpaid. (AP)
