New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday June 22, 2006

– French lawmakers have agreed to water down a law that would have threatened the future of the iPod in the country. (AP)

– Hits reports that Edgar Bronfman, Jr. has exhausted his ideas for financing to help him buy WMG or EMI or anything else and that \eyes are turning again to EMI Board of Directors for the next move. (Hits)

– A look at the Forbes Top 100 Celebrities  –  #2 The Rolling Stones, # 4 U2.

– Rumors are growing that Tower Records is launching a new digital download store sometime soon…

R.I.P – Long running BBC music TV show Top Of The Pops. (Reuters)