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I just realised its nearly 3 weeks since my last post (an eternity in the blogosphere!)

During this period Napster and Ericsson joined forces for a mobile music distribution deal, Apple and Nokia partner to develop a mobile web browser, today MSN and Vodafone launch a PC-to-Mobile Instant Messaging alliance…, it’s only the beginning of all major players setting their marks for territory in the mobile market space.

My attention though went to this CNET news.com article about independent music and digital distribution. Kevin Arnold, who runs the Independent Online Distribution Alliance explains how IODA represents a growing number of independent music labels who want their music to be available through Apple Computer’s iTunes or RealNetworks’ Rhapsody service.

Covering digital music distributioon for independents, don’t miss the excellent Washington Post article “Downloading: The Next Generation“.

Check also IMPALA, the Independent Music Companies Association for the aims and challenges European independents face.

If the internet was an opportunity for independents to promote and distribute their content on a much wider scale, the challenges look quite complex for them in the mobile music space, at least I haven’t seen any independent music yet in the wireless space? Time to market?