HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Pandora Cuts Staff 14%. Are More Layoffs Ahead?
- Majors May Miss MySpace Music Payday
- Facebook Mulls Music. This Time With Partners
- A tour of Warner Brothers Records VP Ethan Kaplan’s Office
- Did you miss anything last week? Music’s Week In Review: slotMusic, iTunes, WMG, AC/DC & More
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SETH GODIN ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, TRIBES AND THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO LEAD THEM.
MORE NEWS:
U2 recieved 1.56 million shares of Live Nation stock worth $19 million in exchange for its 12 year touring and merch deal signed back in March. (Billboard)- Guns ‘n Roses are interviewing ad agences in an effort to make a break from traditional music marketing strategies. (Marketing Week)
- The RIAA now wants to avoid trial in innocent infringement case and are appealing the mistrial in the Jammie Thompson case.
- TuneCore and iLike have partnered to offer combined distribution and cross platform song streaming. (Billboard) I don’t see much new here or am I missing something?
- Some Chinese manufacturers are adding low rez digital cameras to their music players.(Digitimes)
- The plug has been pulled on the "first ever donation based record label"
