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# More Music Industry News: Teamsters, Kiss, AOL Layoffs, Guvera.com, Pandora Soars & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-music-industry-news-8-7/
- Published: 2009-11-19T00:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-11-19T00:34:00.000Z
- Description: Composers and lyricists make pitch to join Teamsters – Seeing demand for movie and TV music growing and take-home pay shrinking, about half of a group of 400 sign up. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/11/more-music-industry-news-8-7.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

- **[![image from www.weblo.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a6b63898970b-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a6b63898970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Composers and lyricists make pitch to join Teamsters –** Seeing demand for movie and TV music growing and take-home pay shrinking, about half of a group of 400 sign up to band together with an unlikely ally. ([LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-composers18-2009nov18,0,4733641.story?ref=hypebot.com)
- **KISS** Celebrates Their Guitar Hero Downloadable Songs Release with Their First **[Web Concert on Facebook](http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3232644.htm?ref=hypebot.com) via Ustream.**
- Analysis: "**The Demos P2P Study and Other File-Sharing Numbers**" from Glen Peoples @ [Billboard.biz](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content%5Fdisplay/industry/e3ibd6a20f7ac9abaef1818cb54fbced689?ref=hypebot.com)
- **AOL**: We need to **fire 2,500** 'volunteers'. That's 1/3 of the staff. ([CNet](http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023%5F3-10401348-93.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-DigitalMedia&ref=hypebot.com))
- **[![image from c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a6b6444e970b-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a6b6444e970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Universal Music has licensed** Australian based **ad supported download site [Guvera.com](http://guvera.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** which is scheduled to launch in the US early next year. The company's technology also makes it possible for brands and advertisers to target broad or very specific consumer segments. ([press release](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/universal-music-group-umg-partners-with-guvera-limited-for-2010-launch-of-guveracom-70362037.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Before you say (as I almost did), here's another ad supported music service ready to fail, [check out](http://guvera.com/?ref=hypebot.com) the way they handle ads and targeting. If brands buy in, the concept has potential.*
- **Pandora jumps ahead in US internet radio rankings –** **Pandora** jumps to #1  
for Domestic rankings based on Average Active Sessions from 6a.m.-8p.m.  
weekdays, with 230,435 AAS and over 66.8 million session starts in  
October. **CBS Radio** is #2, followed by **Clear Channel Radio**, **Citadel Broadcasting** and **Entercom** at #5\. When expanded to all week and 6a.m.-midnight, the rankings remained the same. ([FMQB](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1593855&spid=1314&ref=hypebot.com))
- **U.S. Labels** Unconvinced By **Spotify’s Freemium** Model. ([paidContent](http://paidcontent.org/article/419-u.s.-labels-unconvinced-by-spotifys-freemium-model/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Are The **Record Labels** Using Bluebeat's **Bogus Copyright Defense** To Avoid Having To **Give Copyrights Back To Artists?** ([TechDirt](http://techdirt.com/articles/20091117/1157566973.shtml?ref=hypebot.com))