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# New Music Business Briefing: Nokia Twango’s For $100M, Mickey Mouse Record Labels & Much More.
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-riaa-follie/
- Published: 2007-07-24T07:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-07-24T07:24:00.000Z
- Description: >>> In a move designed to appease regulators, XM and Sirius say hat they will offer ala carte pricing if a merger is approved. (press release) NPR and Sen. Brownback. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/07/the-riaa-follie.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

[![Xm_sirius](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/07/24/xm_sirius.jpg "Xm_sirius")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/24/xm%5Fsirius.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

\>>> In a move designed to appease regulators, XM and Sirius say hat they will offer ala carte pricing if a merger is approved. ([press release](%7F%7Fhttp://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070723/nym051.html?.v=93)) NPR and Sen. Brownback have just recently added their names to the list opposing the merger.

\>>> Glenn at Coolfer takes a look at Aimee Street and other dynamic pricing systems for music sales. ([Coolfer](http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2007/07/dynamic%5Fpricing.php?ref=hypebot.com))

\>>> Nokia has bought small social networking site Twango for just under $100 million. "Nokia is likely

[![Nokia_logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/07/24/nokia_logo.jpg "Nokia_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/24/nokia%5Flogo.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

to rebrand the Twango service and incorporate software into its phones to ease sending content between phones and online." ([PaidContent](http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-nokia-buys-social-media-site-twango-for-about-100-million-porting-to-mo/?ref=hypebot.com)) Just a few months ago Nokia paid $60M for digital content provider Loudeye.

[![Mickey_mouse](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/07/24/mickey_mouse.jpg "Mickey_mouse")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/24/mickey%5Fmouse.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

\>>> MICKEY MOUSE RECORD LABELS – "It’s really poetic justice that the Walt Disney Company has become such a great example of how to run a record company". Commentary @ [Inside Music Media](http://insidemusicmedia.blogspot.com/2007/07/mickey-mouse-record-labels.html?ref=hypebot.com).

\>>> Cumulus Media will go private in a 1.3 billion buyout from Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. ([FMQB](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=444181&ref=hypebot.com))

[![Mouse_3](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/07/24/mouse_3.jpg "Mouse_3")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/24/mouse%5F3.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

\>>> WORTHY CLICK: [**Yes.com**](http://www.yes.com/?ref=hypebot.com) **–** "Find songs that have played within the past 7 days on the nation’s top 2,600 radio stations, CMT, FUSE, MTV, and VH-1\. Rate currently playing songs right now to influence charts & chat with other listeners."