Tuesday’s Music Brief: Artist’s Den, SanDisk Losses, The Fray, Sonos & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

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  Corey Smith's Managers Responds To $4.2M Claim
• Songwriter Amanda Ghost Named President Epic Records
• VOTE: Amanda Potts As President Of Epic Records?
• Daily D.I.Y. – Know Where Your Fans Are
• Losses Continue As EMI Pays The Piper

MORE NEWS:

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  "Record Labels Ignore Supply and Demand and Kill their Profits." (Creative Loafing)
• “Live from the Artist's Den,” a new music series featuring extraordinary artists performing in extraordinary settings, premiering nationwide on public television beginning February 2009. 
• SanDisk swings to a $1.86 billion loss. (WSJ)
• Retailer Woolworth, whose bankrupcy caused turmoil for UK record labels, is being reborn online. (Reuters)
• Rhapsody pulls out all the stops for a multi-platform Fray promotion. (press release)
• WMG steps up efforts to plug pre-release leaks via a Destiny Media deal for secure delivery of promos and advance tracks. (press release)
•  A new Forrester study shows that "33% of consumers believe they have whole home audio today by turning up the stereo".  Cost and complexity are also barriers for multi-room systems, but Forrester sees potential growth with the proliferation of DRM free on wireless platforms like Sonos.
• The music sample community has some hot new competition via the creatively marketed "Dark Side Of The Tune".
• Mexican retail giant Mixup is opening an online DRM free store. (Billboard)
• Major news outlets have joined the effort to have an RIAA trial broadcast online. (AP)