Tuesday Morning Business Links, Notes
Sony and BMG are calling in the investment banks. (Times Online)
Denmark, not exactly the leader of the music world, is considering a France-like DRM law. (PC Pro)
At the Digital Hollywood conference, music execs sing the praises of the subscription model. So why hasn't it taken off yet? (Digital Music News)
The unexpected benefactor of the digital music boom? It just might be classical music. Though the genre accounts for around 4% of CD sales, classical accounts for 12% of iTunes' sales. This has opened up new possibilitis for labels and listeners. (The Guardian)
Here's an odd item: A media company in the UK is outfitting bus stops with headphone sockets to play the music of unsigned bands. Twenty of them will be up and running this week in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham. (MediaWeek)
Hits is still going on with its Kallman/Blunt recap. Here's the short version: Blunt blew up, Kallman lucked out, Sean Paul helped. (Hits)
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