Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Daily News: Thursday
MySpace Music Announcement Today: “MySpace will be formally announcing its music joint venture with the big music labels today, via a conference call scheduled for 11am EST.” (via SAI)
Live Nation Wants Jay-Z: “Live Nation Inc. is close to a $150 million, 10-year deal with Jay-Z that would give the concert promoter a financial position in virtually every aspect of the rapper and entrepreneur’s career, according to people familiar with the matter.” (via WSJ)
Mercado Rises At BMI: “Joey Mercado has been promoted to director of Latin writer/publisher relations and media licensing at BMI. He was previously manager for Latin markets and media licensing at the performing right organization.” (via Billboard)
Apple Passes Wal-Mart: “Apple has ascended to the top of the charts, surpassing Wal-Mart for the first time ever, according to the NPD MusicWatch Survey for January. This is the most recent data available from NPD MusicWatch Survey for an entire month’s worth of sales. The iTunes Store leads the pack with 19 percent, Wal-Mart (which includes the brick-and-mortar stores as well as its online properties) is second with 15 percent, and Best Buy is third with 13 percent.” (via ARS)
