Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday August 8th, 2006

2006 NARM Award Winners:

• RETAILERS OF THE YEAR
  Small – Twist & Shout, Denver, CO
  Medium – Waterloo Records, Austin, TX
  Large – Tower Records, W. Sacramento, CA
• WHOLESALERS OF THE YEAR
  Small – Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN
  Medium – Baker & Taylor, Charlotte, NC
  Large – Alliance Entertainment, Coral Springs, FL
• DISTRIBUTORS OF THE YEAR
  Small – Redeye Distribution, Haw River, NC
  Medium – RED Distribution, New York, NY
  Large – WEA Corp., New York, NY
• ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
  Small – Sub Pop Records, Seattle, WA
  Medium – Verve Music Group, New York, NY
  Large – Rhino Entertainment, Burbank, CA

• RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
  Nielsen Soundscan, White Plains, NY

– Sexy music leads to more teen sex. (AP)

– Blackberry to market a phone that will also play music. (Engadget)

WORTHY CLICKS – The Hype Machine blog tracks downloadable music on the net.