New Muisc Industry Briefing For Friday 30, 2006

– The Who’s July 2nd concert at London’s Hyde Park and much of the band’s tour will be broadcast live on the Web and be available as 99-cent download at Thewholive.tv, with all proceeds going toward Pete Townshend’s Double O charity.  (Billboard)

– Gadget mag T3 names 5 top iPod alternatives. (T3 )  Napster tries branding it’s own player offered for $50 with a whopping $14.95 x 12 months subscription. (Gizmodo). Plus a look at the sleek new RCA H100 line (Digital Trends)

– XM satellite radio give Willie Nelson his own channel based in his Texas bio-diesel truck stop. (DMN)

– Shares of Apple Computer slipped after an Wall Street analyst said the next generation of iPods would be delayed three months or more. American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu dropped his price target for Apple stock to $75 a share from his previous estimate of $101.  (TechWeb)

– Soul legend Solomon Burke teams with stars for new country tinged release out in September.(Billboard)

– A Swedish firm is offering insurance in case the RIAA sues you for P2P use. (TechDirt)

R.I.P. –  Blues/soul guitarist Johnny Jenkins. Sleater-Kinney.