> PureTracks has created a DRM free download store for Blackberry users. (press release)
> The "wisdom of the crowds" as it applies to touring: Live Nation is surveying fans on what they’d pay (if anything) to see a New Kinds On The Block Reunion tour. (via Daily Swarm) Tell me this kind of market research doesn’t frighten agents…
> Radio legend Lee Abrams is leaving his gig as programming head of XM for a job as Chief Innovation Officer at the Tribune Company overseeing change across their print, broadcast and other media operations. (FMQB) This guy made XM what it is – good and bad. But his departure does not bode well from music at there.
> Are music graphics dead in the post-digital era? (Design Week)
> Amazon is hosting its first ever online in-store with a live new broadcast of The Presidents Of The United States. (more) Is this the beginning of Amazon creating a music destination? If not it should be.
> New Music Strategies‘ Andrew Dubber has launched a promising group blog Music Think Tank that promises content from a variety of Music 2.0 thought leaders. First up is CD’s Baby’s Derek Sivers on the fallacy of chasing the major label dream.
