• "The CD is dead," said EMI chairmand and CEO Alain Levy to an audience at the London Business School. What he meant is the plain CD is no longer viable. "By the beginning of next year, none of our content will come without any additional material." Here's a good question: What makes CDs more attractive, a lower price or more content? Hard to say, honestly. If EMI is going to jazz up CD content, it's going to need more than a few videos and a screensaver. (Read article at Marketwatch)

• Just when Andy Slater's A&R efforts come into doubt, Capitol Records goes and signs Roxette for the U.S. Kings of A&R posted this, then I found an article with more details. A new album will be released on December 26th....gift certificate season.

• There's been talk on The Velvet Rope about layoffs at Sony BMG. Tower's demise means fewer employees on the payroll. Best of luck, Eddie. (Read thread at The Velvet Rope)

• Chalk up another advertising revenue-sharing agreement: Warner Music Group signed a deal with Internet TV provider Brightcove that will provide video content through ad-supported video players. The Brightcove video player requires no download. Fans will be able to put the player on websites and blogs and, I assume, MySpace pages. (Read press release)

• Music blogs are business: Word is out about Stereogum's investment deal with the Pilot Group. Financial terms are not out, but it's said that blog founder Scott Lapatine will retain creative control. Naturally. (Read post at paidContent.org)

• Through September, 2006 touring dollars are up 10.5% over last year. Attendance figures were down 1.2%. (Read article at Billboard.biz)

• For you Long Tail fans: Harvard's Working Knowledge on video sales: "Consumers can find videos online that they can't find anywhere else. And yes, there is a shift in sales to the tail—but there is also an increasing number of titles that do not sell at all." (Read post at Working Knowledge, via Digital Audio Insider)

• An interview with Steve Kaneko, Design Director, Entertainment and Devices Division for Microsoft's Zune. (Read post at Zune Insider)

[music jobs] Director of Content at Dada Entertainment; New York, NY.