Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday August 2nd, 2006

– RoyaltyShare aims to help labels and artists collect royalties over the dizzying array of digital platforms and takes only 1.5%.

– USA-Today will publish a weekly page of Mediabase produced info and charts for these 12 formats:   Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, Urban/Hip-Hop, Country, Modern Rock, Active Rock, Adult Rock (Triple A), Smooth Jazz, Mainstream Adult Contemporary, Hot Adult Contemporary, Latin and an overall Canadian chart. (HITS)

– Coca Cola teams with iTunes for a 70 million song giveaway in Europe. (Reuters)

– News technology could make your iPod sound like a concert hall. (Wired)