Tuesday’s Music Brief: Seth Godin, BriTunes, TouchTunes, Seepod, Eminem, The RIAA & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Seth Godin: Another View Of Free
• Not A Joke:NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Launches BriTunes
• Music Creation Software Popularity Index
• Microsoft Reduced To Using An iPod To Sell Zune Pass Music Subscriptions
• Join The Discussion: “The Death of the CD-Release Complex”

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

• Former Sony BMG COO and President Charles Goldstruck has joined digital jukebox provider TouchTunes has CEO. (press release)
• (RED) and Live Nation team on AIDS charity concerts. (press release)
• Seeqpod Update:  They are in talks with Microsoft as I suspected. (Wired)
• UK music royalties agency PPL collected record amounts last year. (FT)
• Music and film entrepenuer David Geffen wants to buy a piece of the New York Times. Google may want in too. (MediaMemo)
• Sirius XM could lose hundreds of thousands of new subs from Chrysler's bankruptcy (paidContent)
• Polydor breaks new digital ground with Eminem’s Relapse. (Music Ally)
• Approximately 62 new cases filed by RIAA in April. (R.I. vs The People) So much for a moratorium...
• Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger: Justice Department vows tougher rules on antitrust issues. (TicketNews)