Last Week’s Music Business News & How It Could Effect You…
Island Def Jam and TAG men’s body spray have formed a hip-hop record label called TAG Records to be led by Janet Jackson’s husband Jermaine Dupri.- Two new video sites run by indie music blogs launched this week: Pitchfork.tv and Videogum. Vote on which one you think will be the most popular.
- Problems lie ahead for digital music distributors as labels demand lower fees and more services.
- A letter to labels from The Orchard’s CEO leaked to Hypebot showed concern for how the new MySpace Music will treat indie record labels and artists. A Hypebot commentary shed additional light on the issue.
- Last.fm says full song streams help sell music
- Virgin Megastore sales are up a surprising 11.5% even as most record store sales are down. Find out why.
- Zune goes Latin. Micorsoft’s Zune has cut deals with several major Latin American music sites.
- Wikipedia beats MySpace as the top go to place for band and music info. Where do you go to find music info?
- Help your favorite new band play a big festival this summer. Music contest site OurStage.com has partnered with some of America’s largest music festivals.

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