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Music industry news from Hypebot:

Universal Music CEO Doug Morris to step aside.

IFPI: "Illegal File-sharing Reduces Legitimate Sales"
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EMI diversifies with Abbey Road Live concert recording outfit.

Shares of The Orchard double on stock buyout news.

Did Qtrax tell another lie? Search deal with Baidu may be less than claimed.

Falling traffic at MySpace could mean $100 million less in ad payments from Google. 

MobBase introduces d.i.y. music iPhone apps.  But with 100,000 apps will it get lost?

Lala & MySpace offer free tracks to promote new enhanced Google music search. And artists are finding ways to use Lala & MySpace to improve their results on the new search engine.

Topspin's Ian Rogers becomes an artist manager.

Kyle Bylin Essay - A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have In Common?

BlueBeat began selling Beatles downloads for $.25 claiming "psycho-analytics" it applied to the songs made the sales legal.  Days later EMI got a court injunction beating back the bizarre defense.

RealNetworks lays off 70 or 4% of their workforce.

Its real: New Weezer CD + An Official Snuggie Only $29.99!

Topspin and Berklee partner for online music marketing course.

Foo Fighters draw 440,000 to web only concert.

Our Indie Artist X Project Wrap Up

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