» Timbaland has stated that either he is going to, or wants to record a track with The Jonas Brothers, the trio that's hot-shit for the little shits. The track would appear on the upcoming, potentially hypothetical Shock Value 2, along with tracks featuring Madonna, Rihanna and T.I. If you want to quietly, privately peruse all the newest in Joan-bros news, you can check out baby pictures, who Nick Jonas has been macking on and behind-the-scenes video at your local Rolling Stone.

» The FCC, that organization who usually just deals with random mid-game boobs and shock-jocks, has blessed the marriage of Sirius and XM, the only remaining satellite radio companies. The FCC, in its wisdom, will "allow the deal to proceed as long as the companies meet a series of consumer protection conditions, including a three-year cap on price" so we all won't be forced to pay thousands of dollars a month for satellite service, which would inevitably happen. Satellite radio owners will, however, be forced to scroll through 24 FCC-mandated "noncommercial" (read: unwanted) channels.

» Russia is on its way to banning emo dress and being emo. Predictable "social danger" jargon was employed in its defense. Kids have, of course, not taken this kindly.

» Yahoo's music store is off to close and in the process will be stopping its servers which authenticate the tracks, which are all protected by DRM. This means that all the cash users dumped into that store is now gone, and so are the tracks they purchased.

» An Avril Lavigne video posted on YouTube has raked in a million dollars, even after considering YouTube's own cut. Some think this could show bigger labels that profit can be found on the internet while giving away material.

» The Rest, in short: Atlantic has used Adobe's new AIR platform to create a service called Fanbase, which serves as an artist-specific pre-browser aggregator; Britian fights piracy like a war; EU looks to expand copywright to seventy billion years; France's first lady sells rekkids like they're hot potatoes, and like she's trying to beat her son at it; David Gilmour is set to launch a signature Stratocaster; Glastonbury organizer says Jay-Z kicked ass but that Glastonbury won't have an act like him next year; Obama to introduce Kanye "I'mma break my fucking MacBook Air!" West at Lollapalooza?; Daman Albarn to release Monkey-oriented record; Lil' Wayne gets sued for copying the Rolling Stones; The Pretenders are set to release their upcoming record digitally one track at a time; MySpace set to redesign its music section after signing on to OpenID.

» Obits, in short: Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, 80; Greenwhich villager Artie Traum, 65.

» Fun Stuff: Album covers redone with Lego. Storm Thorgerson work and Beatles covers seem popular. Also, What? Dustin Diamond, the "Screech" from Saved by the Bell will be releasing a tell-all book about the behind the scenes craziness. No, it doesn't have anything to do with music, besides maybe that Diamond's co-star Mario Lopez is now the host of America's Best Dance Crew. But, it's another good reminder of the fact that Dustin, as his name would suggest, released a sex tape. Fucking weird.