>>> Getty Images is buying online music licensing company Pump for $42 million. The deal should extend Pump’s reach particularly in advertising Pump claims 80,000 song placements since inception. (WSJ)
>>> Zune appears to be prepping a partnership with MTV/VH1/CMT for video content. (Engadget) Its about time Zune got some video content…
>>> After a long stint at Universal Dave Reynolds joins Virgin as VP of Promotion. (FMQB)
>>> Rupert Murdoch is reportedly considering a deal to swap MySpace for a 25% stake in Yahoo! (UK Times)
>>> ARS Technica looks at content filtering and on going lawsuits at YouTube. (Ars)
>>> Diddy and Britany move over, Quincy Jones is cashing in on his personal brand with a series of deals. (Billboard.biz) When was the last time Quincy had a hit?
>>> Swarmcast is releasing a free iTunes accelerator that claims to speed downloads 10X. (PC) Now if only they could get people to buy 10X’s the downloads…
