June 9, 2008

• EMI has added Cory Ondrejka, a co-founder of the online virtual reality world Second Life, to its digital team. The guy has purchased a whole of five albums in the last eight and a half years and has an excuse for every day of the week. (Reuters)

• AC/DC's next album will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. (Billboard.biz)

• Warner Music Group pulled its content from last.fm. (Blogging Stocks)

• A behind-the-scenes look into the music industry's piracy battle. (Billboard)

• Roger Friedman on the closing of Virgin Megastore at Times Square and the state of record stores in New York City. And this odd tidbit: "Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson’s former manager, recently suggested that the labels get together and open a 'state' store, one in each big city, to carry their catalogs and new releases." I'm sure the FTC would love that. Scroll down a bit. (Fox News)

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