Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Live Nation Polls Fans. Abrams Leaves XM, Music Think Tank & More

> PureTracks has created a DRM free download store for Blackberry users. (press release)

> The "wisdom of the crowds" as it applies to touring: Live Nation is surveying fans on what they’d pay (if anything) to see a New Kinds On The Block Reunion tour. (via Daily Swarm) Tell me this kind of market research doesn’t frighten agents…

> Radio legend Lee Abrams is leaving his gig as programming head of XM for a job as Chief Innovation Officer at the Tribune Company overseeing change across their print, broadcast and other media operations. (FMQB) This guy made XM what it is – good and bad. But his departure does not bode well from music at there.

> Are music graphics dead in the post-digital era? (Design Week)

> Amazon is hosting its first ever online in-store with a live new broadcast of The Presidents Of The United States. (more)  Is this the beginning of Amazon creating a music destination? If not it should be.

> New Music Strategies‘  Andrew Dubber has launched a promising group blog Music Think Tank that promises content from a variety of Music 2.0 thought leaders. First up is CD’s Baby’s Derek Sivers on the fallacy of chasing the major label dream.