Thursday’s Music Briefing: CBS Drops Juke, INGrooves, Copyright Reform & More
CBS is closing its music site Juke and has laid off its staff. (Idolator). More staff cuts may be ahead at cNet and other CBS owned web properties.- INgrooves partners with Myxer for mobile music. (press release)
- The Orchard ranked as 33rd fastest growing company in North America in Deloitte’s Fast 500. (press release)
- The judge that presided over the original Napster case is calling for major copyirght reform. (Listening Post)
- XM and Sirius continue the aggressive merger of stations and offers new packages. (FMQB)
- TorrentValley.com taken down by Bulgarian authorities. (IFPI)
- A look inside the economics of ad supported music. (MediaPost)
- India’s IMI Mobile Buying UK Digital Music Distributor DX3 (PaidContent UK)
- Flip Video, the favorite easy to use camera that is a favorite of bands creating video postcards for their fans, has added an HD camera. (CBS)
- R.I.P. Jimi Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell. Listen to a mashup of his best Hendrix drum intros after the jump if you doubt how much he contributed to the power trio.
our best wishes to the Juke staff-
http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2008/11/cbs-shuts-down-juke-music-news-site.html