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# Music 2.0 Week In Review: Zune Bonus Checks, WMG Rumbles, Digital NARM & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-20-week-1-3/
- Published: 2008-05-10T07:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-05-10T07:06:00.000Z
- Description: > Last week Microsoft sent a one time "Zune Bonus" to indie labels and digital distributors. (Hypebot broke the story and we’re working on a follow up. Email me and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/05/music-20-week-1-3.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, music, music news, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

[![Zune_logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/05/10/zune_logo.jpg "Zune_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/10/zune%5Flogo.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\> Last week **[Microsoft sent a one time "Zune Bonus" to indie labels](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/microsoft-sends.html?ref=hypebot.com)** and digital distributors. (*Hypebot broke the story and we’re working on a follow up.* *[Email me](mailto:hypebot@skylineonline.com) and let me know if your label or distribution co. got a check from Zune.*)

\> **[Warner Music Group losses widened](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/wmg-loss-widens.html?ref=hypebot.com)**

- [WMG is ready to **offer mp3’s** to more outlets](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/wmg-set-to-broa.html?ref=hypebot.com). Last week [Walmart.com became the first](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/walmart-adds-wm.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [WMG is also set to **test variable pricing**](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/wmg-to-test-var.html?ref=hypebot.com)
**\> FROM DIGITAL NARM:**
- Day 1: [Overview](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/digital-narm--.html?ref=hypebot.com), [Panel Highlights](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/digital-narm--1.html?ref=hypebot.com).
- Day 2: [Piracy & Consumption](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/digital-narm-da.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Is DRM Dead? Some Don’t Think So](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/is-drm-dead-som.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Random Quotes](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/overheard-at-di.html?ref=hypebot.com)

\> A hip hop Who’s Who filled **[TVT’s list of unsecured creditors](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/a-list-of-tvts.html?ref=hypebot.com)**

\> [**eMusic was forced to yank Rolling Stones ABKCO catalo**g](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/emusic-looses-r.html?ref=hypebot.com)

\> Ad supported [**Qtrax finally scored Universal**, its first major label](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/qtrax-inks-univ.html?ref=hypebot.com)

\> **[12,000 indie labels have signed up with Merlin](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/indies-see-hope.html?ref=hypebot.com)** for global digital rights collection

[![Music_note](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/05/10/music_note.jpg "Music_note")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/10/music%5Fnote.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

**SHORT HITS**: 

[](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/universalbuzzne.html?ref=hypebot.com)[Buzznet bought AbsolutePunk.net](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/universalbuzzne.html?ref=hypebot.com), [NIN release a free album](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/nine-inch-nails.html?ref=hypebot.com), [Sony/BMG, EMI using Amazon](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/out-of-print-cd.html?ref=hypebot.com) on demand pressing to re-release old titles, UK’s Assoc. Of Independent Music issues a "[Digital Copyright Manifesto](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/aim-issues-digi.html?ref=hypebot.com)", [MySpace enabled profile and content sharing](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/05/myspace.html?ref=hypebot.com) with other sites.