'Comes With' some advice for raking in more revenue

April 15, 2008 A well-informed mobile industry executive who wishes to remain anonymous told me on the hush that handset giant Nokia is paying record label Universal Music Group $35 for every phone that Nokia loads with access to Universal's music library. Of course, Hollywood also should carry on doing business with the carriers, which have relationships with about 3 billion users globally. [...] just as showbiz entities are now striking deals with new Internet companies and service providers -- like production house ShineReveille's recently announced partnership with MySpace -- they should cast their net wider in the mobile sector.

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