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# Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday November 17th, 2006
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebots_new_mu_13/
- Published: 2006-11-17T06:26:26.000Z
- Updated: 2006-11-17T06:26:26.000Z
- Description: > A look at the race for the ultimate music phone. (WebProNews) > Clear Channel including its 1100 radio stations has been sold to people (private equity firms) who probably. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/11/hypebots_new_mu_13.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

\> A look at the **race for the ultimate music phone**. ([WebProNews](http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20061116RaceForTheMusicPlayingPhone.html?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Clearchannel_7](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/clearchannel_7.jpg "Clearchannel_7")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/clearchannel%5F7.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

\> **Clear Channel** including its **1100 radio stations** has been **sold** to people (private equity firms) who probably care less about broadcast quality then the current team. What they want is more **billboards**. ([MarketWatch](http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?siteid=mktw&guid=%7BB89B3B2B-2704-4D89-BC55-D9FED1B6598B%7D&ref=hypebot.com))

[![Google_15](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/google_15.gif "Google_15")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/google%5F15.gif?ref=hypebot.com)

\> **Google** has smartly set aside **$200 million** to **defend YouTube** against lawsuits. ([Guardian UK](http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1948401,00.html?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Bigstockphoto_spy_girl__half_face_325603_4](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/bigstockphoto_spy_girl__half_face_325603_4.jpg "Bigstockphoto_spy_girl__half_face_325603_4")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/bigstockphoto%5Fspy%5Fgirl%5F%5Fhalf%5Fface%5F325603%5F4.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

\> A group of "top" **music bloggers** (and proudly we weren’t one of them) got together and decided that **TV ON The Radio was the best band in America**. Also hotly debated was whether or not they should tell anyone because if the band got too popular they’d have to **change their minds**. ([Information Leafblower](http://www.informationleafblower.com/blog/?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Emi_48](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/emi_48.jpg "Emi_48")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/emi%5F48.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

\> **EMI** has agreed to **license music videos** to online video portal and on-demand cable service **Gotuit Media**. ([AP](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap%5Fen%5Fmu/emi%5Fonline%5Fvideo%5F2?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Wired](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/wired.jpg "Wired")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/wired.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

\> New sites like **Jamglue, Splice and SingShot** are **combining social networking** with tools that let amateurs **create, share and remix each other’s songs**. ([Wired](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72127-0.html?tw=rss.index&ref=hypebot.com))