• EMI and Channel 4 (UK) will provide content for a UK-specific TV offering on MSN's instant messenger service. (The Guardian)

• Clear Channel will offer the Pandora personalized radio service across all its web properties. (Billboard.biz)

• From Activision's May 8th earnings call: "Consumers have already downloaded more than 15 million individual songs for Guitar Hero." (Activision SEC filing)

• XM Satellite Radio's loss grew to $129 million in Q1 2008, up from $122 million last year. (Radio Ink)

• CBS-owned last.fm will power promotional tools for Lollapalooza. Users will be able to stream songs at Lolla Radio from artists playing the festival and can download a radio widget. (Crain's New York)

• Wolfgang's Vault has added two concert catalogs to its Concert Vault section. The new content, over 200 concerts, comes from Daytrotter and the 2007 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco. (Press release)

• Reporting on the biz just got worse: Journalist Jeff Leeds, who for years has covered the music industry as well as anyone, announced via an email that he has left The New York Times.