IB tease

THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART: It's not soup yet, but the early word out of Brussels is that the EU advisory committee has indeed approved the conessions package (see 9/6 item below), meaning UMG-EMI has cleared the final hurdle in Europe. But what happens from there? HITS’ well-connected in-house pundit I.B. Bad tosses out some educated guesses in his latest column, posted this morning. If you’re curious about what the record biz will look like in 2013, you’ll definitely want to check it out. (9/7a)