Wednesday’s Music Briefing: iTunes Japan, IODA, FCC Indecency & Much More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• The New Ticketmaster: Iriving Azoff Is Looking In The Wrong Place For A New Business Model
• The MP3 Gets A Logo. What Do You Think?
• The Piracy Paradox – It’s Not Just About Music
• 5 Selfish Reasons Every Musician Should Rejoice That Barack Obama Is Our Next President
• Wil.i.am’s New Obama Election Video
• New Podcast: Online Marketing Tools & Video Trends

MORE NEWS:

• Almost 25% of Japanese internet users have used iTunes. Yahoo! Music Ranks as Japan’s most visited music site. (ComScore)
• Digital distributor IODA, has been named a Rising Star in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50
  program for Silicon Valley. The Rising Star award is a special
  designation for fast-growth companies that have been in business a
  minimum of three year. The rankings were based on revenue growth
  2005–2007 during which IODA recorded growth of 1,258%.
• Who Really Owns Your Digital Music? (PC Magazine)
• Broadcast indecency rulings by the FCC have reached the US Supreme Court. (FMQB)
• South American piracy operations have been shout down in Brazil and Argentina.
• Phonobase Music Services chose more than 45 Brazilian blogs and sites to distribute the new Cérebro Eletrônico’s EP “Pareço Virtual” for free. (press release)