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• Tennessee's college anti-piracy law will cost $13 million in the first year and about $2 million thereafter. (Ars Technica)

MySpace takes a beating

• EMI has teamed with Chinese search giant Baidu for a new ad-funded streaming service. (Billboard.biz)

• Chrysalis Group announced it has received "tentative approaches" from a number of companies interested in acquiring the publishing group.

• The Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ, the first Bowery Presents venue outside of New York City, will open November 1 after a $3 million renovation. (Star-Ledger)

A day ahead of an Apple announcement (some think a subscription service is on its way), news about updates to Microsoft's Zune are appearing online.

• The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is putting its catalog of Broadway musical show tunes and standards up for bid. The price is in the $150 million to $200 million range. In addition to major music companies, hedge funds and private equity firms are also said to be interested in the catalog. (Reuters)

• The Rolling Stones are rumored to be nearing a deal with Live Nation. "It is understood that Universal will have a role, with Live Nation licensing new versions of the catalogue to the American label, which would sell them online and as CDs." (The Guardian)

• Billboard's Ed Christman has sources that confirm Roger Friedman's report that EMI will not replace the titles vacated by Capitol Music Group chairman and CEO Jason Flom and Capitol Records president Lee Trink. EMI had no comment. (Billboard.biz)

• Chrysalis lost $25.7 million in the seven months ending in February 2008. Revenues were down $800,000 to $56.6 million. The company spent $1.78 million on advisers in its bid to be acquired and took at $23.3 million charge in a buyout of its pension scheme.