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Tuesday’s Music Briefing: Yang Out, Def Jam Ups, Best Buy Listens & Much More

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  • CEO Jerry Yang is exiting Yahoo! leaving the future of the troubled internet giant further in doubt. (ars) Sorry, but what took him so long?
  • Jeff Straughn has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Island Def Jam Music Group. (press release) Congrats!Best_buy
  • Best Buy to host G ‘n R "Chinese Democracy" listening parties on several major markets. (DMW) (yawn…)
  • Jason Bentley is taking over the morning and music director slots LA’s trendsetting KCRW
  • How is Universal boosting its digital music revenues? (cNet)
  • WMG stock hit a new low of $2.40 yesterday. (Google Finance) It was up slightly to $2.59 in early morning trading today.
  • Common continues his effort to make (my player of choice) Zune hip. (AP)
  • Sprout , a platform for developing and managing engagement marketing campaigns has integrated Google Analytics Tracking for Adobe Flash technology into its solution built with the open source Flex framework.
  • Desi Hits!, an entertainment and lifestyle hub for South Asian culture, today announced a partnership with Warner Music Group to give the music company’s artists entree to Desi and Bollywood fans.
  • Dada Entertainment, a provider of digital and mobile entertainment services, announced a charity drive to raise money for Yéle Haiti, the organization founded by Wyclef Jean. The initiative which runs for a week will see a portion of every new Dada.net subscription donated to support Yéle Haiti and their plan to repair schools. (press release)

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