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# Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Nokia Nears Label Deals, Ringback Growth, EMI Hates MP3 Storage & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/thursdays-mus-3-5/
- Published: 2008-03-27T04:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-03-27T04:38:00.000Z
- Description: HYPEBOT FEATURES: eMusic and Amazon fight over who is #2 after itunes imeem grabs an advance exclusive on the new Rolling Stone’s soundtrack Orange tries ad supported mobile downloads The. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/03/thursdays-mus-3-5.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

**HYPEBOT FEATURES:**   
- **[eMusic and Amazon fight](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/03/who-is-number-2.html?ref=hypebot.com) over who is #2 after itunes**
- **imeem grabs an advance exclusive on the [new Rolling Stone’s soundtrack](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/03/imeem-grabs-rol.html?ref=hypebot.com)**
- **[Orange tries](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/03/orange-tries-ad.html?ref=hypebot.com) ad supported mobile downloads**
- **The [march to DRM-Free has stalled](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/03/the-march-to-dr.html?ref=hypebot.com). Are iTune or labels to blame?**

[![Nokia_logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/03/27/nokia_logo.jpg "Nokia_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/27/nokia%5Flogo.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\> Nokia says its increasingly confident that it can launch its Comes With Music service with content from EMI, SonyBMG, and WMG. ([FT](http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2008/week13/Tuesday/032501.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Come on, Doug. Just because the don’t want to call it Total Music…*

\> Forbes gives us its list of "The Year’s Hottest New Music Stars" by combining sales across all paltforms and net and P2P activity. ([Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/03/25/music-internet-soulja-biz-media-cx%5Flh%5F0326newstars.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Sadly, most of them we won’t care about in six months.*

\> BMI eyes ringbacks for mobile music growth. ([Billboard](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content%5Fdisplay/industry/e3i578c4801d750d58df589e0c08e1b5fd0?ref=hypebot.com))

\> RIAA doesn’t want to pay for a fair defense, says a recent victor. ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080326-riaa-andersen-attorney-should-only-get-10-of-requested-fee.html?ref=hypebot.com))

[![Mp3tunes_logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/03/27/mp3tunes_logo.gif "Mp3tunes_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/27/mp3tunes%5Flogo.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\> EMI’s fight to ban remote storage of mp3’s on sites like MP3Tunes. ([Morning Post](http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2008/week13/Tuesday/032501.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Has EMI nothing better to do?*

\> A marketer looks at the new Borders prototype store dlecaring it a "digital experience". ([InstoreMarketer](http://www.instoremarketer.org/article/borders-creates-digital-experience/40052?ref=hypebot.com))