Music GroupsFriday Business Notes, Links
• A judge dismissed Hawthorne Heights' suit against Victory Records and called the band's claim to terminate its agreement "absurd." (Read Hits post at The Velvet Rope)
• Super distributor Handleman hired Robert E. Kirby to be its new president and CEO. (Read press release)
• Former Village Voice critic Robert Christgau has joined NPR's All Things Considered. Yesterday he reviewed the new album by The Hold Steady.
• Warner Music Group exec on Asia: "At Warner, we consider Asia to be the world's incubator not just for technology but for how people use technology." (Read article at Taipei Times)
