Industry Moves: Mashboxx Appoints Former Pressplay CEO as, Well, CEO

Mashboxx, the legal P2P service, has thought against keeping the firebrand founder Wayne Rosso as its CEO. Music industry veteran Mike Bebel will take on the role immediately, with Rosso remaining the chairman.

Bebel previously served as CEO of Pressplay, which was bought out by the new Napster, and served as COO there, until he left and was consulting till now.

The Register, which first reported the story, nails it on the head: “Despite his move to offer a legitmately licensed peer-to-peer operation, Rosso, as one-time head of P2P software provider Grokster, isn’t exactly one of the music industry’s best buddies. With so many P2P services now going offline in response to the RIAA’s cease-and-desist requests, Rosso undoubtedly reckons it’s now time to give Mashboxx a public face untarnished by the first file-sharing era and one the major labels will feel confidendent in dealing with.”

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