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# More Music Industry News: Verizon iPhones, Prince, YouTube Flash, Pandora, IMDb & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-music-industry-news-13/
- Published: 2010-06-30T00:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-06-30T00:36:00.000Z
- Description: Report: Verizon wireless will start selling iPhones in January. (Bloomberg) The bext mobile battleground is music subscription services. (paidContent) Prince bypasses record stores again with German a magazine deal. More. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/06/more-music-industry-
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- [![image from danasatisky.files.wordpress.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f1f6f256970b-120wi)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/danasatisky-files-wordpress-com/2009/11/verizon-wireless-logo%5F0011.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) Report: **Verizon wireless will start selling iPhones** in January. ([Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-29/verizon-wireless-said-to-start-offering-iphone-ending-at-t-s-exclusivity.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **The bext mobile battleground is music** subscription services. ([paidContent](http://paidcontent.org/article/419-next-mobile-battleground-is-music-subscription-services/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Prince bypasses record stores** again with German a magazine deal. More territories expected to follow. ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/29/new-prince-album-release?ref=hypebot.com))
- YouTube: Why the **Flash era isn't over**. ([DeepTech](http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685%5F3-20009244-264.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **HMV full profits rise** thanks not to music sales, but rather to the popularity of Blu-Ray DVD's. ([Bloomberg](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-30/hmv-s-full-year-profit-rises-on-sale-of-blu-ray-dvds.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- Stockholm based **[Aspiro has sold](http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news%5Fview&newsId=20100629006142&newsLang=en&ref=hypebot.com) its music and tv mobile entertainment unit** to Lobus Mobil.
- **[ ](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobitv-for-iphone-surpasses-one-million-downloads-97380049.html?ref=hypebot.com)[![image from www.knowzy.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20134851c47a5970c-120wi)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-knowzy-com/images/headphones%5Fover%5Frecord-sm.png?ref=hypebot.com) MobiTV for the iPhone** has surpassed one million downloads.
- An **analog vs. digital audio smackdown**. ([Audiophiliac](http://news.cnet.com/audiophiliac/?ref=hypebot.com))
- A look at **Pandora** and founder **Tim Westergren**. ([Fortune](http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/29/technology/westergren%5Fpandora.fortune/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Hip-Hop Doesn't Need Saviors** ([The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/06/hip-hop-doesnt-need-saviors/58841/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **College** students continue to face **penalties for sharing music files**. ([Poughkeepsie Journal](http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100629/NEWS01/6290320/College-students-face-penalties-for-sharing-music-files?ref=hypebot.com), [Inside Higher Ed](http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/28/apology?ref=hypebot.com))
- Go-to celebrity database **IMDb goes social with [IMDb Everywhere](http://idmb.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** a series of integrated iPhone, iPad and Android apps, as well as, Facebook and Twitter integration.