Thursday’s Music Briefing: Bronfman Live, Last.FM Lawsuit, Wu-Tang & Much More

> Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group will be interviewed at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia
Conference today September 18th at 1:10 p.m. ET. It will be webcast live on the Investor Relations section of WMG’s corporate website at http://investors.wmg.com under ‘Presentations.’ The event will be available for replay for 180 days.

> German based digital distributor Fine Tunes is suing Last.FM over unlicensed songs. (Billboard)

> Passionato launches as a high quality DRM-free classical music download site. (TechDigest)

> The Wu-Tang Clan and its various offshoots have cut an extensive deal with The Orchard for digital distribution and an interactive fan initiative The Wu Music Mobile Fan Club. (press release)

> Music industry task and project manager Music Arsenal is out of beta with both free and paid versions designed to help indie labels and managers keep it all together. I’ve followed this Music Arsenal from the start and love its potential.

> Stuart Goldberg, director of tour marketing and artist development for the RCA Music Group has added labels he oversees are J, Arista, RCA, Jive, LaFace, So So Def, Verity and Volcano to his growing list of responsibilities.