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Music industry news from Hypebot:

Concert giant Live Nation appears unlikely to renew its deal with Ticketmaster which could mean big changes for fans of live music.

MTV is dropping its URGE download store deal with Microsoft and partnering with Real's Rhapsody and Verizon in a new multifacted music venture dubbed Rhapsody America. Hypebot live blogged the event.

An exclusive interview with international indie trade group Merlin's CEO Charles Caldas.

Wal-Mart has added DRM-free mp3's from Universal and EMI.

Talks on internet broadcast royalty rates are finally making progress.

Rhino killed free music downloads for fans of the Grateful Dead on official Dead.net

The Future Of Music Coalition seeks a DC based intern.

A French internet company is offering a free Universal Music subscription service along with its broadband service.

Music widget creator Sonific is opening up its service for free to all indie labels.

A hack which turned every song streamed on MySpace into a free download was shut down. Now the programmer is offering the code free on the net.

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