Wednesday’s Music Briefing: Another Bankruptcy, FCC Abuses, Choruss, Harcourt & More
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- Kill Rock Stars’ Sabian Shares "What Is Working?"
- Bopaboo Used MP3 Store Walks Legal Tightrope
- EMI And WMG Expand Distribution Partnership
- Oberst Gives Label Away Via Team Love Library
- Indie D.I.Y. Opportunity: LP33.tv
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MORE NEWS:
- Montreal based distributor Fusion International III is in bankruptcy leaving several hundred Canadian and US labels in limbo. (Billboard)
- Tunecore adds an opportunity for the bands it distributes to give tracks away and still earn income via sponsorship. (ars)
- After almost a year-long investigation, the U.S. House Commerce Committee accusing that the FCC and Chairman Kevin Martin "egregious abuses of power". The report does not make clear whether Martin and FCC actually broke any laws. (FMQB)
- New sources close to the efforts that we reported by WMG to license music to colleges via an ISP charge say the new service will be called Choruss, cost less than $5 monthly and has the support of at least two other major labels. (Epicenter)
- Los Angeles Times Magazine has named former KCRW MD/DJ Nic Harcourt as Editor at Large, Music & Culture. Beginning in February Harcourt will contribute a monthly column.(press release)
- An interview with Ben Drury of UK digital distributor 7Digital. (Distorted Loop)
- MIDEM is adding an International Publishing Summit in association with the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) on January 2Oth as part of its Cannes gathering. (press release)
- Gamecues, a software developer and provider of audio for video games launched an online service to license well-known music for use in games. (press release)
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