New Muisc Industry Briefing For Thursday July 13, 2006

– Shares of Apple Computer fell after Credit Suisse said the absence of new iPod digital music players may hurt sales this quarter. (Bloomberg)

– "The Extinction of Mass Culture" caused by media fragmentation and overload.  A worthy read. (Fortune via CNN)

– Peter Kouloris, a co-founder of Digital Music Group has resigned to "pursue new opportunities," the digital distributor announced Wednesday. (Bizjournals)

– Former head of label relations at eMusic Scott Ambrose Reilly aka "Bullethead" is doing some digital music industry consulting while he leisurely listens to job offers. Email him here.