Tuesday’s Music Briefing: 3.8M XBox Tracks, Live Nation Stock, Satellite Trouble & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Interview: Seth Godin On Tribes, Heretics & Music
- LaLa Adds Twist To Streaming And Owning Music
- A2IM Study: Payola Still Keeps Indies Music Off Air
- From SF MusicTech Summit: Don’t Forget The Data
- Majors May Miss MySpace Music Payday
MORE NEWS:
A new NPD survey shows that Xbox Live has "delivered more than 80 per cent of the downloadable songs for music games, currently averaging 3.8 million music downloads per month," for a total of 45 million music files to date. (GamesIndustry.biz)- U2, Jay-Z and Madonna all got shares of Live Nation as part of their 360 deals. (LA Times)
- Watch out Sirius XM. WorldSpace, a top provider of satellite radio services outside the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (BusinessWire)
- The blogger who leaked the new Guns ‘n Roses pleaded innocent. (Reuters)
- Mexican customs seized 8.7M blank discs coming in from Taiwan. (IFPI)
- A film chronicling the legacy of legendary indie Chess Records and starring Beyonce as Etta James will hit screens in December. (Playlist)
- Music Ally spent some time with free streaming music service Spotify and liked what what it heard. (Music Ally)
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