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Popbitch has had a very busy week putting together the The Gay to Z of Popbitch (popbitch.com), very educational

MusicTank (UK) are looking for 15 people from across the business to dissect what’s involved in breaking a UK guitar act, learn how to do it better and tell the rest of us. Email news@musictank.co.uk.

3rdkind Music Production launches an internet radio station dedicated to unsigned Manchester based artists. Check it out at 3rdkind.net/ under the radio section. Any feedback is welcome at info@3rdkind.net.

Development Coordinator, for an initial 6 month period. Full job description at www.musictank.co.uk/discuss.htm.

Digital media company RealNetworks said on Monday it would buy online music provider Listen.com for $36 million as it jostles for position in the increasingly crowded market for online song sales (IT Web).

Apple Computer is preparing to launch an online service that will cut straight to the core of digital music distribution, winning the praise of some record executives who see it is as a weapon against online piracy (IT Web). See also ‘Can Apple Corner Music Market?’ (Wired).

American Music Awards organizers plan to shift the show from its usual January date to November of this year, cutting the nominations window by about two months BayArea.com.

Universal and EMI filed suit on Monday against Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, accusing the venture capital firm of contributing to widespread Internet music piracy through its financial support of Napster and perpetuating global piracy through its $13 million investment in the controversial file-swapping service (Mercury News).

EMI Recorded Music North America has launched a centralized radio promotion department to shop acts off its jazz and alternative labels (Reuters).

P.Diddy plans to create a videogame based on himself. The game would simulate his life as a mogul of the music industry, signing artists and promoting them in order to dominate the airwaves and minds of impressionable suburban youth (Gamers.com).