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# Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday November 24th, 2006
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebots_new_mu_17/
- Published: 2006-11-24T00:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-11-24T00:50:00.000Z
- Description: > Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. You’ve probably got a little extra surfing time on you hands today as you smartly avoid the holiday rush. Unfortunately, it’s also a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/11/hypebots_new_mu_17.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

\> **Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.** You’ve probably got a little extra surfing time on you hands today as you smartly avoid the holiday rush. Unfortunately, it’s also a slow news day. So in addition to the stories below take a minute to vote in our Zune poll (in the right hand column) and to read some archived articles. A few of the most popular are listed in the next post down.

\> A full list of **American Music Award winners**. ([here](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/11/15/1100384481495.html?from=storylhs&ref=hypebot.com))

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

  
\> We’ve been teaching this mantra for several hears and now the NY Times agrees. The **older demo has suddenly become the darlings of the music business** because they have more disposable income and a general aversion to downloads. Now even the AARP is getting into the act. ([NY Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/arts/music/26leed.html?%5Fr=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin))

[![Habbo_hotel](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/habbo_hotel.jpg "Habbo_hotel")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/habbo%5Fhotel.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

\> **MSN Radio had relaunched** using Pandora song customization technology. ([CNet](http://news.com.com/2061-10802%5F3-6137784.html?ref=hypebot.com))

\> **Habbo Hotel** with it’s **7 million** distinct young users monthly and other **teen sites** are drawing interest from music marketers and bands including U2\. ([Guardian UK](http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1953157,00.html?ref=hypebot.com))  
and other

\> Proposed **tougher Australian rights protection legislation** is drawing sharp criticism. ([AP](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap%5Fon%5Fhi%5Fte/copyright%5Fproposal?ref=hypebot.com))

\> **R.I.P –** Delta blues legend **Robert Lockwood Junior.** ([more](http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7463&ref=hypebot.com))