Wednesday’s Music Brief: Sony Sues EMI, iLike 2.0, Universal Ups Goucha, Ticketmaster, Ning & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Sony Sues EMI Over Failed Deal With New North Amercian COO Ron Werre
• Music Takes Center Stage In Congress Today
• Great News For Artists: iLike Adds Free Custom iPhone Apps Plus Twitter, Ticketmaster, YouTube & MySpace Integration
• French National Assembly Adopts 3 Strikes Law
• Apple Bans Drivetrain BitTorrent App
• Thumbplay Eases Mobile Sales For Indies

MORE MUSIC NEWS:

• Universal Music Latin Entertainment promotes Skander Goucha to Senior Vice President of Digital (press release)
• After decades at major labels Wynton Marsalis has signed with The Orchard.
• Ticketmasters' 1st Q profits fell on lower ticket sales. (AP)
• Music industry mining some revenue from YouTube (LA Times)
• For Bands, Bonus Songs Become New Norm (NY Times)
• GlobalTraxOnline: Another indie digital distributor enters the overcrowded marketplace. (press release)
• Q1 broadcast radio revenue roundup. (FMQB)
• Social network creator Ning got a boost via a partnership with music management firm The Collective. (Techcrunch) There's an ongoing debate about wether a band should create its own social net for fans or they be better served to put that energy into a broader network like Facebook or MySpace.  Does the world even need another social network? Would you participate in a Hypebot social net for example?
• Orange to sell Nokia's Comes With Music package in Britain (Reuters)
• A 58 page pdf fro Music Ally's great Digital Marketing Workshop from this year's MidemNet. (pdf)