Friday’s Music Brief: Seeqpod, Earnings, NIN vs. Apple, LaLa DRM, Indies On The Radio & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Could Microsoft Be Seeqpod's Savior?
• Popkomm IMEA Looks For Innovative Companies
• Earnings Reports:
  
  • RealNetworks Losses Wider Than Expected
  • Live Nation Attendance Drops 22%. Is Live Music In Trouble Too?
  • EMI Gains Strength Thanks To Cost Cuts And Currency Fluctuations. Digital Gains Left Vague
  • WMG Quarterly Losses Widen To $68M

MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:

• After protesting publicly, Apple has made Trent Reznor's NIN iPhone app available.
• Is Lala's DRM a new way to lock up music? (cNet) Michael Roberston thinks so.
• Lack Of Indie Music On The Radio Perhaps A Matter Of Economics More Than Payola (Techdirt)
• Charting one man's route to discover music. (AP)
• ABC Music Lounge: No cocktails, but nonstop music from the network's tv shows. (AP)
• WMG's Bronfman said in the recent earnings call that many digital music partnerships are not paying off as expected. (LA Times)
• YouTube restores fair use. (EFF)
• Sirius XM Sees Loss Widen, Revenue Increase In Q1 (FMQB) For the first time ever the number of subscribers was down.