Friday’s Music Briefing: YouTube Dispute, Live Nation Ticketing, Obama & More
I hope you’re enjoying your holiday break. Here’s a little news and extra credit reading.
- Newly launched Tuneroom Finds Then Sends Songs To Mobile
- Kill The CD To Save The Industry, Study Advises
- Facebook Joins MySpace In Project Playlist Ban
MORE NEWS:
- The YouTube dispute underscores music labels weak hand according to Information Week.
Live Nation is starting to unveil its "elegant" new ticketing system that competes directly with Ticketmaster. (TicketNews). Live Nation stock has been battered lately trading around $4, well below a 52-week high of $18.75.- Timing is everything: The story of the man who invented Guitar Hero 11 years too early. (Boston Globe)
- Obama’s economic stimulus package may include money for faster, cheaper and more ubiquitous broadband. That’s good news for a music industry that increasingly relies on the net to facilitate music and video discovery and delivery.(Epicenter)
- Laurence Lessig says Obama should scrap the FCC. (Newsweek)
- Bug Music signs Scott Weiland. (Billboard.biz)
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(Now go back to enjoying your vacation.)