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# Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: SonyBMG Subscription, Pumpkins Sue, Yahoo Joins Open Social & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/wednesdays-mu-2-9/
- Published: 2008-03-26T05:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-03-26T05:50:00.000Z
- Description: > SonyBMG is reportedly planning its own subscription music service. (ars) Even if they get other labels to join, why bother when Rhapsody and others do a good job subscription. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/03/wednesdays-mu-2-9.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

[![Sonybmg](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/03/26/sonybmg.gif "Sonybmg")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/26/sonybmg.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\> **SonyBMG** is reportedly planning i**ts own subscription music service**. ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080325-sony-bmg-to-delve-into-own-music-service-like-everyone-else.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Even if they get other labels to join, why bother when Rhapsody and others do a good job subscription already?*

\> The **deal to buy Clear Channel is near meltdown**. ([WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120647527104363151.html?mod=hpp%5Fus%5Fwhats%5Fnews&ref=hypebot.com)) *Another victim of the credit crunch. CC stock dropped 20% yesterday too.*

*\>* The **Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin** over their inclusion in the Pepsi Amazon mp3 giveaway. ([FMQB](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=631079&spid=1314&ref=hypebot.com))

[![Chinese_flag](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/03/26/chinese_flag.jpg "Chinese_flag")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/26/chinese%5Fflag.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\> Maths – who is a veteran Music 2.0 and China watcher – on **"Exploring The Irresponsibility of Bjork In China"** on [Music2dot0](http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/104?ref=hypebot.com). The article highlights "the huge differences in perception between East and West of a single artist’s action, and it is important for foreign artists to understand the mindset of the Chinese better instead of typical condemnation."

\> The widget mess slowly untangles as **Yahoo adds support for Google’s Open Social**. This means widgets and apps using the OS platform can now be used across MySpace, Google, Yahoo and many other sites. ([Google](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/opensocial-continues-to-grow-welcome.html?ref=hypebot.com))

\> A look at **the fight for the Rolling Stone’s catalog** and what it means to EMI if they loose it. ([FT.com](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2cebede6-fa0d-11dc-9b7c-000077b07658.html?ref=hypebot.com))

\> The **US is showing signs of an ad slowdown**. ([FT](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20d20980-fad7-11dc-aa46-000077b07658.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *This can’t be good for the nascent ad supported music biz.*

\> Jupiter’s David Card says **don’t count out MySpace yet** and has some [Coldplay stats](http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/card/archives/2008/03/stats%5Ffor%5Fmusic.html?ref=hypebot.com) to prove it.

[![Mouse](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/03/26/mouse.jpg "Mouse")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/26/mouse.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

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