New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday July 11, 2006

– Adam Klein, EMI’s executive vice president of strategy and business development had been forced out making him the second senior executive to leave in as many months. (LA Times)

– Legendary punk club CBGB’s is loosing it’s home in NYC, but will be setting up shop in Las Vegas. (PunkNews)

– The Grateful Dead have cut an innovative deal with Rhino to handle their catalog and much more. (NY Times)

– More speculation on Microsoft’s moves to compete with the iPod and iTunes from PC Magazine.