Monday’s Music Briefing: YouTube Lawsuit, iTunes Radio, CMJ & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• I‘m back from my honeymoon and lovin’ The Lee Boys
• Pandora may be on the verge of shutting down.
• Music Income 2.0: Cover Videos
• A recap of Bandwidth 2008

> A disgruntled poster of popular videos on YouTube (as BennyBaby) is suing for his share of ad revenue. (ars) His videos are sophomoric at best. But I had high hopes for Google’s Partner’s Program and it’s ability to encourage and monetize indie video, and YouTube refused to admit him.

> A syndicated iTunes Top 30 countdown show debuted this week at Top 40 radio. (press release)

> Cherry Lane Publishing is for sale. (FMQB)

> CMJ has begun confirming the lineup for its October Marathon in NYC. (CMJ)

> Did Bono inadvertantly leak his new album? (UK Sun)

> A Second Life based bluesman just got a real record deal. (Wired)

> A critical view of Dell’s latest attempt to succeed in music. (Computerworld)

> Digital jukebox king Touchtunes has bought Barfly which brings advertising via digital kiosks into nightclubs. (Brandweek)

> A look at new trends in "out of home" advertising (airports, offices, coffeeshops, etc) as marketers look for new ways to engage consumers. (NY Times)

> R.I.P. JERRY WEXLER – The man who coined the phrase "rhythm and blues" is gone. Solomon Burke told the AP after learning of his death, “Jerry Wexler didn’t change the sound of America, he put the sound to the public. He open the doors and windows to the radio stations … and made everybody listen.”