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# Thursday’s Music Briefing: BMG Incubator Label, MSN Music Lives & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/thursdays-mus-2-5/
- Published: 2008-06-19T02:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-06-19T02:14:00.000Z
- Description: HYPEBOT FEATURES: TuneCore opens a digital aggregater platform IODA adds Demon and Ace This week’s CIMS indie store charts A Test Of Hypebot’s Collective Intelligence: Check out Qbox and win!. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/06/thursdays-mus-2-5.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

**HYPEBOT FEATURES:**

- **[TuneCore opens a digital aggregater platform](https://www.hypebot.com/tunecore-opens/)**
- **[IODA adds Demon and Ace](https://www.hypebot.com/ioda-adds-demon/)**
- **[This week’s CIMS indie store charts](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/06/coalition-of--2.html)**[![Bmg_2](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2008/06/19/bmg_2.jpg "Bmg_2")](https://www.hypebot.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/19/bmg%5F2.jpg)
- **A Test Of Hypebot’s Collective Intelligence: [Check out Qbox and win!](https://www.hypebot.com/qbox-another-te/)**

\> **BMG is creating Battery Records** as a RED distributed **rap incubator** label for RCA, Zomba, J and Jive. ([FMQB](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=753327&spid=1314&ref=hypebot.com)) *I thought this puppy was for sale; not expanding?*

\> **France is** creating a new agency to **crack down on internet music and movie piracy.** ([AFP](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/tc%5Fafp/franceinternetcopyright?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Microsoft](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2008/06/19/microsoft.jpg "Microsoft")](https://www.hypebot.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/19/microsoft.jpg)

  
\> **Microsoft** reverses decision and now says it will **support music bought from MSN through 2011.** ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080618-microsoft-does-180-will-continue-to-support-msn-music-drm.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Even big companies can admit they are wrong and reverse course…as long as they are not record labels…*

\> **Music sales fell to lowest level in 10 years** and digital sales failed to make up for it according to a new IFPI study. ([Intl Trib](http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/18/technology/music.php?ref=hypebot.com))

\> **"A Brief History Of The Album’s Recent Decline In Value"**. ([LA Times](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/06/the-recent-decl.html?ref=hypebot.com))

\> **Coldplay** **claims its first Hot 100 #1** with "Viva La Vida," which climbs 2-1 on the chart. The song had 246,000 downloads in its third week at #1 on Hot Digital Songs. ([Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article%5Fdisplay.jsp?vnu%5Fcontent%5Fid=1&ref=hypebot.com))

\> **Jamendo**, a site that exclusively offers music free under **Creative Commons,** has added its **10,000 album**. The site grabs 2M unique monthly visitors and 500K downloads daily. Users can donate to artists via PayPal and Jamendo shares half of ad revenue. ([Wired](http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/jamendo.html?ref=hypebot.com))