Monday’s Music Brief: NARM, MidemNet, WMG, Performace Royalties, We7, Pirate Bay Party & More

Lots of news for a Monday including a dispatch from NARM and announcements from Live Nation, Livekick and The Orchard.  Kyle Bylin also has a great interview with the guys behind The New Rockstar Philosophy. Look for Part 2 of the interview tomorrow along with Part 3 of my Music & The Creative Class series. I got a call this morning from Tommy Boy's Tom Silverman about plans for the reincarnated New Music Seminar in NYC on July 21st;and it sounds as if he's putting together a "must go" lineup. (more)

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• Are Warner Music Insiders Dumping Stock?
• Midem & MidemNet Unite With Expanded Program
• Interview: Voyno and Hoover of The New Rockstar Philosophy (Part 1)
• Distributor Traffic Entertainment Taps The Orchard
• Concert & Ticket Info Hub Livekick Leaves Beta
• Microsoft's Bing Seach Engine & The Music Industry: How Does Your Band Bing?
• Buzz From NARM: A2IM To VEVO, Lessons Learned
• Live Nation Extends "No Service Fee" Promo
• REWIND: The Music Industry's Week In Review
• Redaer Feedback Wanted:What If You Owned Hypebot?

MORE FEATURES

• The effort to make broadcast radio pay performance royalties (as net broadcasters do) seems to be failing. (Radio Ink)
• Swedish Pirate Party headed to European Parliament (ars)
• Digital Media Wire has announced the agenda and speakers for the 6th Annual Digital Media Conference to be held in Virginia on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (press release)
• Why Island Records is like any other major label. (Guardian)
• We7 to launch iPhone app by Christmas. (Music Ally)
• Steve Jobs Coming Back; New iPhone Will Have Video Editing (paidContent
• Former RIAA Boss States The Obvious: The Record Labels Screwed Up… And Continue To Screw Up (Techdirt)