CNN Showbiz — Canada's broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, has put pressure on the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to reconsider its decision to ban Dire Straits' 1985 hit "Money for Nothing" from Canadian air... more info

Reuters — TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's broadcast regulator has jumped into the furor surrounding a Grammy Award-winning Dire Straits song from the 1980s, calling on an industry watchdog to reconsider its decision that the lyrics should be censored. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Canada's broadcast regulator has asked the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to review its ban of the original version of the hit song Money for Nothing. more info

Guardian Music — Some Dire Straits fans are up in arms, but others regard the word as unacceptable for public broadcast in 2011. Where do you stand? more info

Guardian Music — The use of 'faggot' in Money for Nothing is a known issue, so let's not let a synthetic censorship row obscure the real issueSo, it's finally happened: the people of Canada will never again be terrorised by Dire Straits. Money for Nothing – yes, th... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — The federal broadcast regulator may be asked this week to overturn a decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council that banned the airing of an original 1985 song by Dire Straits. more info

Guardian Music — Industry standards council rules song's repeated use of an anti-gay slur makes it unsuitable for broadcastCanada's radio watchdog is defending a controversial decision to ban the uncut version of Dire Strait's 1985 hit Money for Nothing. Despite many... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — A consumers' group is urging the federal broadcast regulator to review a controversial decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council that banned the airing of an uncut Dire Straits song from 1985. more info

Topix — Music's 3R's 01.17.11: Bono and Facebook, the Strokes's Release Date, Fugees Make Nice, More Posted by Lenny Vowels on 01.17.2011 From Kanye West and Jay-Z's new single and Bono buying stock in Facebook to the Strokes releasing a new album, Dire Stra... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West and Jay-Z's new single and Bono buying stock in Facebook to the Strokes releasing a new album, Dire Straits getting banned in Canada and more, 411's Lenny Vowels breaks down the Right, the wRong, and the Ridiculous from the week in mu... more info