Guardian Music — Simon Cowell is struggling to shield his latest X Factor protege from an anti-X Factor Facebook campaignDespite his proficiency in the dark arts of publicity, Simon Cowell is struggling to shield his latest X Factor protege from a new foe: the intern... more info

Rolling Stone — In case you haven’t been keeping track of this year’s fight for the Number One Christmas Single in the U.K., a Facebook campaign has been launched to help Rage Against the Machine’s 1992 hit “Killing in the Name” defeat the latest X Factor ... more info

Guardian Music — Cowell locks horns with weekly mag and responds to musicians' criticism of The X FactorIn a wheeze that may come to be ranked up there with former editor Steve Sutherland's August 1995 cover boosting the Blur v Oasis showdown, the NME tomorrow splash... more info

Early indications are that the campaign could have worked. Figures released today (December 15th) show that Rage Against The Machine have scorched past the X Factor winner... BUT KEEP BUYING FOLKS! more info

Scotsman.com — A FACEBOOK campaign which has championed the American band Rage Against the Machine against Simon Cowell's X Factor in the battle for Chrismas number one looks to be gaini more info

MTV.co.uk News — Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name Of could beat Joe McElderry’s X Factor single The Climb to Christmas number one. A Facebook and Twitter campaign has made the classic rock... more info

Guardian Music — Has the Facebook drive to thwart X Factor Joe McElderry's victory in the Christmas charts stalled? Or can Rage Against the Machine still grab a surprise festive number one?Though a 17-year-old song by Rage Against the Machine took an early lead in th... more info

The Independent — More than 45,000 Music Monday tweets were counted on December 14, with tweeters sharing the names of music and songs they liked in a tweet using the "#musicmonday" hashtag. The week's popular song selections included two tracks from the newly releas... more info

Guardian Music — If the sweary, shouty rap-rock mob prove to have the X(mas) factor it will be a victory for the democratised and downloadable nature of the pop charts in 2009What a lot of outrage over something so silly. In the fight for Christmas No 1 (and that's a... more info

Guardian Music — So I was all set to write about the noughties this week, when some pictures landed on my desk and I thought: "You know what? If I received Sleeve Notes, I'd much rather look at paintings of a half-naked Michael Jackson surrounded by cherubic children... more info