Monday Business Links
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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