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# New Music Business Briefing: LaLa Down, Chinese Streaming, EMI Bid Stalls & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/new-music-bus-2-4/
- Published: 2007-07-06T02:46:05.000Z
- Updated: 2007-07-06T02:46:05.000Z
- Description: >>> Lala’s promised free streaming service which launched with WMG product is at least temporarily unavailable as the company retools its efforts. >>> Baidu.com, a leading Chinese language Internet search. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/07/new-music-bus-2-4.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

[![Lala_logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/07/05/lala_logo.gif "Lala_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/05/lala%5Flogo.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\>>> **Lala’s promised free streaming service** which launched with WMG product is at least **temporarily unavailable** as the company retools its efforts.

\>>> **Baidu.com, a leading Chinese language Internet search provider, and Rock Music Group** a top independent Chinese language record label have established a partnership for **an advertising-supported online music streaming service.** ([press release](http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1022821&highlight=&ref=hypebot.com))

[![Emilogo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/07/05/emilogo.jpg "Emilogo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/05/emilogo.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\>>> **Terra Firma has extended its bid for EMI yet another week** to July 12th as shareholders reject the initial bid. ([FMQ](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=434786&ref=hypebot.com)B)

\>>> **P2P traffic is increasingly shifting away from music to movies**. ([Ars](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070705-p2p-traffic-shifts-away-from-music-towards-movies.html?ref=hypebot.com)). Is this good news for the music industry or does it just mean everyones grabbed all the old music they care about?

\>>> Billboard has **a roundup of new music devices being released for Christmas sales**. ([here](http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1022821&highlight=&ref=hypebot.com)) The common denominator is harnessing **WiFi.**