Tuesday’s Music Briefing: Rhapsody Yawns, EMI Sues Hi5 & More
(UPDATED) HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- WMG becomes 4th major to ink with Nokia’s Comes With Music
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> Live Nation close to $70M 360 deal with Shakira. (NY Post)
> Neil Young this digital download audio sucks and he’s talking to labels about his plan to do something about it. (FT)
> Rhapsody’s new mp3 store gets a big yawn from ars. I agree. Also I’ve now learned that free full song streaming is limited to 25 per month. Too bad.
> EMI has filed suit against social networking site Hi5 claiming the usual copyright infringement. (Billboard.biz) Sometimes the most exposure these new sites is when they get sued.
> Talk about viral…Shaquille O’Neal’s notorious anti-Kobe Bryant freestyle rap now available as a free ringtone downloadable at FunMo.com.
> I’ll do a full post later this week but don’t forget that July 4th is also Independents Day ’08 celebrating independent music worldwide.
> CORRECTION: I got the links wrong on this last week; so wanted to correct it and republish it. Digital music entrepreneur Bruce Warila postulates "Digital music can’t be marketed; it can only be found." (Music Think Tank) I don’t agree, but Bruce is a smart guy and its worth the short read.
