Friday's Music 2.0 Briefing: Universal Ups Urie, SendMe Adds EMI, "DRM Free Spells Trouble" & More

> Jim Urie has been promoted to CEO of Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), the sales, marketing and distribution arm of Universal Music Group (UMG). (FMQB)

> SendMeMobile.com adds EMI ringtones and song downloads to a catalog of music and gaming that inculdes Universal, Glu, Telcogames, Sony Pictures andThe Orchard.

> Live Nation sold its theatrical division to Key Brand Entertainment for 90.4 million

> DRM Free Music Spells Trouble. "The digital content industry is on the road to ruin, and with each new stopgap plan, the it just digs itself in deeper." (PC Magazine)

> OutDigitalMusic has video of the presidential candidates to Bowie's "Changes". It starts with an interesting premised but hang in; it finishes strongly. (ODM)

> Bob Lefsetz's Music Industry Power Top 10.

>  MySpace adds clips of BBC shows. (Reuters)

> WORTHY CLICK: Dilettante is social networking and community for hard core classicial music fans.