Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Sony BMG, Harvey Leeds, MP3 Worm & Much More
> Next Tuesday, a Sony board will decide on the purchase of Bertelsmann’s half of Sony BMG for $1.5B, far less than anticipated even a few months ago. (Reuters)
> Japanese CD sales fell 6% so far this year. Take a detailed look at the numbers from the RIAJ here.
> Legendary Sony tour marketing exec Harvey Leeds has joined the Live Nation New York team with a broad mandate to develop events and talent. (Billboard)
> Video of Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino claiming they are having a great summer on CNBC.
> Japanese CD sales fell 6% so far this year. Take a detailed look at the numbers from the RIAJ here.
> New computer worm a real threat to P2P users. (PC World)
> eMusic’s managing director of Europe, Madeleine Milne, is listed in Management Today’s 2008 top young British businesswomen to watch – 35 Women Under 35.
> MediaZoo claims to be the first internet cloud based internet music service.
It allows users to not build your an music library and join The Zoo, a
project aiming to build the world’s largest public library of shared, free music. You can to invite up to five friends to listen to your music.(press release)
