Wednesday’s Briefing: EMI, T-Pain, Merlin & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Lee Trink is out at Capital. Is Virgin’s Jason Flom next?
- Text of a leaked EMI internal memo on the changes.
- POLL: EMI is cutting label heads to let A&R and marketing head their own operations. Can a label run without a President? VOTE HERE.
- T-Pain launches his Nappy Boy Digital label. We’ve got details.
- XM settles EMI Inno lawsuit
- Video: P. Diddy "I did NOT change my name."
> Indie music trade group Merlin has hit 12,000 members and is talks with Last.fm, MySpace Music and others. (Variety) Impressive numbers, but its time for a breakthrough…
> Yahoo! Music got a redesign with more emphasis on music news and concerts plus song lyrics and the FoxyTunes player app. (MarketNews)
> Radio AOL has relaunched with 200 net stations alongside 150 CBS Radio local offerings. (press release)
> Metallica is stopping early blog reviews of their new CD…after inviting writers to preview 6 tracks.(Listening Post) Sad…
> Sony UK is giving away free music video downloads from 7Digital with every new Walkman. (7Digital)
> SanDisk has acquired mp3 player manufacturer Music Gremlin (press release)
> Chasing the long tail: Here Japan is an English language web site offeriing only the music of Japan but in all its forms from traditional to rock and beyond.
