links for 2008-04-03

• Confirmed: MySpace to launch new music joint venture with major labelsMySpace has settled the pending litigation Universal Music, and will create a new MySpace Music joint venture with equity stakes from all the major labels. Source: TechCrunch
• Radiohead allows fans to remix new singleThe UK rock act has teamed with iTunes and GarageBand for an interactive project that allows fans to rework the album's second single, 'Nude'. Source: Reuters
• BT admits tracking 18,000 users with Phorm systems in 2006Though BT has not yet said where the trials were done, the systems were used to analyse web traffic and then serve selected adverts on a number of selected websites. Source: Guardian
• News Corp ad network UK launch aims to handle all Murdoch sitesThe UK is the latest country .Fox Networks has rolled out in. It has opened operations in France, Spain, Mexico and Italy in the last year. Source: New Media Age
• Yahoo! Europe's Javier Zapatero to join GoogleJavier Zapatero, the former vice president of sales for Yahoo! Europe, has joined search giant Google as country manager for Spain. Source: New Media Age
• Facebook for BlackBerry hits 1m downloadsBlackBerry users have racked up more than one million downloads of a Facebook app in the five months since it launched. Source: CNET
• 'The Web is becoming a video medium,' declares Walt MossbergThe veteran WSJ reporter gave the opening remarks at Beet.TV's summit in Washington. Source: BeetTV
• IBM to host private Second Life regionsIt will become the first company to host private regions of the virtual world Second Life on its own computer servers. Source: Reuters
• Is Apple struggling with iPhone demand - or is there a new model on the way?Apple's iPhone is in short supply at many of its US stores, which could indicate a component shortage or a clearing of shelves for a new model, analysts said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters