> Clive Davis has been demoted and Jive’s Barry Weiss promoted to run Sony BMG > Nokia’s Comes With Music could mean a huge cash windfall for major record labels.. Continue reading

Co-founder Chris DeWolfe shared some details of MySpace’s move into music in a Wired interview, but failed to reveal exactly how revenues will be shared with indie labels and offered. Continue reading

Guest blogger Derek Sivers runs CD Baby and is a strong advocate for the indie/d.i.y. music community.  He blogs regularly at sivers.org and this post comes via Andrew Dubber’s Music. Continue reading

A coalition of leading players in the UK digital music business is urging reforms it says are essential to maintain growth in the market. The new trade group ERA Digital,. Continue reading

HYPEBOT FEATURES: MySpace Music shares some equity plans for indies and it ain’t pretty. Clive Davis is moved down and Jive’s Barry Weiss promoted at SonyBMG CD Baby’s Derek Sivers. Continue reading

UPDATED: > EMI is changing the structure of its Board. (FMQB) > PirateBay has launched an uncensored blogging service called Baywords.  Some blog providers pull blogs with links to unlicensed. Continue reading

From a Fortune profile of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos by Josh Quittner: "One exec I know at a big label…says he’s excited by one trend in particular: At Apple’s iTunes. Continue reading

Peter Gabriel has launched The Filter in private beta with the lofty goal of transforming online discovery by filtering online entertainment and info and personalizing it for each user.  . Continue reading

HYPEBOT FEATURES: New rumors are swirling of high level changes at EMI Starbuck and iTunes team for free weekly downloads Earn a free pass to Digital NARM  Peter Gabriel Launches. Continue reading