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Thursday’s Music Briefing: CBS Drops Juke, INGrooves, Copyright Reform & More

  • Cbs_tv
    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.


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