New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday June 20, 2006

UPDATED –

– iTunes wants to offer downloadable movies for about $10 but Hollywood is moving slowly having learned from the music industry having given too much control to Apple, (Variety)

– Warner Music continues a string of mobile licensing pacts in Asia with new China deal. (Digital Music News)

– Clear Channel Radio is testing 1 second "blink: ads as a new way to gather revenue while not alienating the consumer. Example: The McDonald’s jingle, minus the "I’m lovin’ it" language, and placed it between one hip-hop song and another. (ZDNet)

Eric Nicoli, Chairman of EMI has received the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.  The award recognizes his services to the UK music industry. (more)

A profile of Mike Dungan president/CEO of Capitol Records Nashville. (CommericalAppeal.com)

– XM and Sirius join together to create devices that receive both satellite services. (Interoperable Technologies, Orbitcast)

– Hits Daily Double profiles the Don Ienner years at Sony and speculates on his future. (Hits)