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Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday August 23rd, 2006

– Why isn’t there more jazz at jazz festivals? (San Jose Mercury News) – A look inside the new Irv Gotti label deal with Universal. (NY Times) – Bob Dylan. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/08/hypebots_new_mu_14-4.html]

– Why isn’t there more jazz at jazz festivals? (San Jose Mercury News)

– A look inside the new Irv Gotti label deal with Universal. (NY Times)

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Bob Dylan tells Rolling Stone that the quality of modern sound recordings are "atrocious". "I don’t know anybody who’s made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really." (Reuters)

– The RIAA is pioneering almost automated lawsuits dubbed "spamigation" that according to one source could lead to for example lawsuits against almost everyone who every used Kaaza. (Boing Boing)

R.II.P. – Dave Nives Koch VP of Production and Catalog