>>> Microsoft’s Zune has been approached to be one of the players involved in the major label Total Control music subscription service being proposed by Universal. (Telegraph UK) If Zune jumps aboard others will follow and if its only a few players in a line, what so they have to loose?
>>> Led Zeppelin finally goes digital on November 13th. (press release)
>>> Several reports put the Radiohead download figure at 1.3 million and growing. (Silicon Valley Insider)
>>> The $120 million paid Madonna by Live Nation is no bargain according to one Bank Of America analyst. (Variety) What might not have been a bargain to WMG may be a good deal for Live Nation. Long after record sales decline, acts have value live.
>>> Honda launched a promotion that ties to dozens of Sony 4th quarter releases via a branded player. (Reuters) Nothing revolutionary but the fact that it involves so many different acts in a co-promo may be a first. Smart.
>>> The search for Napster 2.0. 10 years after the file sharing revolution began company’s are still trying to figure out how to monetize P2P. (LA Times)
>>> In case you want to be sure you didn’t miss anything important, we offer Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review.
>>> The Moby Equation – "The Art Of Selling Out" looks at the price a band pays for ‘selling out’. "(The) Quotient, generated by the formula below, determines the degree to
which artists besmirch their reputations when they lend their music to hawk
products or companies." Its a fascinating piece complete with a formula and chart. (Washington Post)
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