Music Industry News You Can Use
- The 3rd largest major label group Warner Music reported another down quarter.
- Google is set to launch a free music service in China giving away downloads to encourage use of its search engine. Is free the future of
the music industry? - Yahoo! dropped music subscriptions and tapped Rhapsody pick up the pieces. More changes are ahead for Yahoo! Music as they layoff staff, buy FoxyTunes and morph into a music portal rather than new content provider.
- Mark you calendar:National Record Store Day is set for April 18th as a celebration of indie records stores and music. There will be lots of great stuff happening down at your local indie record store.
- MySpace has opened its platform to outside developers creating new opportunities. Expect a flood of cool stuff in a month or two.
- Free ad supported download service WE7 delivered its 2 millionth download. We7 is worth checking out.
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