Los Tigres partners with MSN to promote album

In an unusual branding move between a digital retailer and a regional Mexican act, Los Tigres del Norte is launching its new album, "Raices," in partnership with Zune and MSN Latino. The campaign before the Fonovisa album's March 4 release has the norteno icon advertising its exclusive track for Zune, "Lloraras," in radio spots in New York and Los Angeles. The band has been heavily featured across Zune Marketplace this month and will get similar treatment on MSN Latino as its artist of the month for March. (Reuters)

Microsoft Gains Traction In Media Devices

Just last week, Microsoft apologized for persistent glitches in its Xbox Live video-on-demand service. It took $1 billion in charges in its 2007 fourth fiscal quarter to cover warranty expenses stemming from a widespread hardware malfunction in the Xbox 360 game console. Those events left many of the company’s detractors positively aglow in schadenfreude. But Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, which includes the Xbox, the Zune and other media platforms, is doing a lot better than those critics might think. (Forbes)