Last Week’s Music Business News And How It Could Effect You…
- There were major layoffs at Capital and Virgin Records

- Nokia denies making high payments to labels for “Comes With Music”
- The economy is beginning to effect entertainment spending
- Starbucks is pushing music to the back burner
- Only 42% of music consumed in US is paid for
- Microsoft says it will stop supporting license keys for songs bought at the former MSN Music
- Music magazine ad revenue dropped 28% last quarter

- An Op-Ed from Jon Webster of the Music Managers Forum supports a UK iPod tax. You better hope this never comes to the US…
- MySpace has launched 1000 outside applications for use on personal pages
- Looking back at a big month of deals and changes in the new music industry
- Concert giant Live Nation plans an ambitious slate of summer concerts despite a slowing economy
- Sonific’s Songspot has shut down blaming major labels.
- SXSW sets ‘09 dates
- eMusic added more classical
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