Monday’s Music Briefing: (RED)WIRE, Hip-O Select, Facebook, Sellaband & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• (RED)WIRE Launches Charity Music Service: Details & An Interview
• Track What They’re Saying About You On Twitter
• Pete Orta On Creating A Pure Music Brand
• Follow Music Stocks On Hypebot
• Join The Debate: MySpace Takes Back Band’s URL
• Music Industry Week In Review: WMG Profits, MySpace Music, Layoffs & More

MORE NEWS:

• A scorecard for the record labels. (Juggernaut Brew)
• Live Earth India scheduled for December 7th has been canceled after the massacre in Dubai. (press release)
• Universal Music’s Hip-O Select internet based direct to consumer re-issue label has added high end merchandise. (press release)  Read the press release and check out the web site.  I think there is a lot that other labels could learn from this direct to consumer model.
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  As part of a growing effort to spread Facebook beyond the site itself, the company is expanding its Facebook Connect service to some major media and services sites, including Discovery.com, SFChronicle, Digg, Citysearch, CBS.com, Hulu and others competing with other efforts like OpenSocial which is backed by Google and MySpace. (paidContent) I’m betting on Open Social.
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  D.I.Y. ALERT: Sellaband has made a deal with ArenaFest to offer its d.i.y. member bands a chance at one of 180 US srena gigs. (Selllaband)
• Lawyers are readying a mass legal challenge to Chinese search and internet giant Biadu. The company has often been the target of label lawsuits. (FT)
• Nokia pulls out of Japan as gadget sales fall sharply. Other markets may follow. (ars)