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# New Music Industry Briefing For Monday June 5, 2006
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/new_music_indus_1-2/
- Published: 2006-06-05T04:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-06-05T04:51:00.000Z
- Description: – Microsoft has denied rumors alleging that it has partnered with several Japanese consumer electronics companies to develop a device to compete with the iPod. (PC) – Starbuck’s hires former. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/06/new_music_indus_1-2.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

– **Microsoft has denied** rumors alleging that it has partnered with several Japanese consumer electronics companies to develop a device to **compete with the iPod**. ([PC](http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060602/tc%5Fzd/179949?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Starbucks_5](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/starbucks_5.jpg "Starbucks_5")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/starbucks%5F5.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

– **Starbuck’s** hires former Herbie Hancock manager Alan Mintz to run it’s **entertainment** division. ([LA Times)](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-starbucks2jun02,1,2433005.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ref=hypebot.com)

– From The Rolling Stones to Widespread Panic more and more **concerts** being beamed to **movie theaters via** [**Big Screen Concerts**](http://www.bigscreenconcerts.com/?ref=hypebot.com). ([AP](http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/entertainment/14708918.htm?ref=hypebot.com))

– **Digital Jukeboxes** find growing popularity with much broader selections. ([CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/05/30/juke.boxes.ap/?ref=hypebot.com))

– **R.I.P. Vince Welnick**, keyboardist for the Tubes & The Grateful Dead.