Tuesday’s Music Brief: Merger Done, MySpace Ads, Germany Rejects 3 Strikes, Country Looses & More

HYPEBOT FETAURES:

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  It's Official: Ticketmaster Live Nation Merger Done, Government Scrutiny To Follow
• Daily D.I.Y. – Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape
• Peoples Music Store Rewards Viral Sales
• What Is Woking? Indie Label Asthmatic Shares
• Video: Seth Godin On Why You Need A Tribe
• TotalMusic, Tunepost And Ruckus Shut Down

MORE NEWS:

• Bezos On Amazon’s Gadget Ambitions (WSJ)
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  MySpace adds overlay ads to music videos. (TechCrunch)
• Germany has rejected and three strikes piracy plan. (Billboard)
• Michael Jackson and Rihanna Both Get Sued Over a 1972 Tune. (TechDirt)
• Interview: EMI’s Cory Ondrejka talks D2C, data and Twitter. (Music Ally)
• Country album sales were down nearly 21% in January. Music Row via Coolfer
• Echostar Offered Sirius Cash Infusion Late Last Year, Was Rebuffed (paidContent)
• MyMusicSite.com joins the crowded indie d.i.y. sector with a full array of features. (press release)
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  Sony Music Entertainment is giving Mariah Carey fans the opportunity to sing their own version of a Mariah ballad and send it to their friends and family in the form of a Valentine's Day e-card. (press release). To think…I actually just wrote about Mariah Carey without a hint of sarcasm.