Tuesday’s Music Brief: EMI, IODA, SpiralFrog, PRS, Akon, Live $’s & More

HYPEBOT:

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  EMI Reorganizes: Full Text Of Staff Memo
• EMI Promotes Ondrejka To EVP Digital Marketing
• An Interview with Matador's Patrick Amory
• Ted Cohen: The Time Is Now
• Interview: Nancy Baym of Online Fandom (Part 2)
• IODA Expands Dance & Electronic Offerings
• SXSW Impressions Part 1
• Allman Bros. vs. Sony: Lawsuit Reinstated and Band's Lawyer Says Case Differs From Eminem's
• Daily DIY: Practice Does Not Make Perfect

MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:

• John Cougar Mellencamp argues that the downfall of the music business was not P2P but Soundscan and BDS. (Huffington Post)
• Songs download via SprialFrog will stop playing in 60 days. (CNet)
• Interview: PRS For Music’s Online MD Andrew Shaw On The YouTube Spat (paidContent)
• Activision Publishing Names Former Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig as President and CEO of Guitar Hero Business Unit. (press release)
• Thomson Introduces new lossless mp3HD file format. (press release)
• AKON has launched Hitlab, a web destination for emerging artists "to improve their music and be discovered". 
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  Live Concerts Can't Support The Existing Recording Industry… But Did Anyone Ever Say They Would? (TechDirt) Mike Masnick takes a critical look at an 80 page scholarly paper Live Performance, Copyright, and the Future of the Music Business. "Business models based on direct sales and supported by copyright still provide tremendous advantages for creators and consumers."
• The Memefication Of Your Band. (Hipster Runoff)