Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday August 28th, 2006

– Joining a growing list of established artists going D.I.Y., former Phish Trey Anastasio moves off Columbia and onto his own label. (Reuters/Billboard)

– Toshiba is tapped to produce the new Microsoft Zune player. (AFP) Here’s a link to the official FCC filings including photos of Zune. And cNet looks at Zune’s social networking features including a feature that enables people to "send promotional copies of songs, albums and playlists" to other Zuners. (cNet)

-Several Nordic government consumer agencies may join forces to battle Apple for iTunes DRM. (InfoWorld)

– A post-settlement Creative is getting into the lucrative iPod accessory business. (AFP)

– A look at how modern troubadour Peter Mulvey takes to the road to promote his music. (audio @ NPR)