New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday July 6, 2006
– Rhode Island is working to become the first to provide wireless access throughout an entire state. (ZDNET) How much is a satellite radio subscription worth when you can listen to Soma, Radio Paradise or a thousand other internet radio stations for free?
– Free and legal download site Epitonic re-tools. (Epitonic)
– RIM to expand it’s popular Blackberry line including at least one that offers an mp3 player. (eWeek)
– Concert giant Live Nation to buy House of Blues for $350 million. (Full story and commentary @ Hypebot)
FROM THE YOU CAN PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG, BUT IT’S STILL A 
PIG DEPARTMENT: Universal International has announced a plan to offer multi-tiered pricing for stripped down and beefed up versions of CD’s overseas. It’s designed to compete with downloads and P2P, but to many it looks like less for more. (Gizmodo) Others think the move has promise. (Motley Fool)
Are they still trying to gipp the public by selling 99c plastic/aluminum sandwich for $15.99?
I can’t wait until Google jump into the digital market. The big label will be gone in 6-9 months.
–I for one am giving the big label less than 5 yrs lifetime now. (They won’t die, but they won’t matter anymore. The top one will be like RCA, Columbia, or Victor… just another sticker on a product or some minor division in a totally different industry)