Guardian Music — Alfredo Marcantonio writes: A signi-ficant omission from Garth Cartwright's fine tribute to Luther Dixon (obituary, 12 November) is his work on Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers. Attending the Isleys' session at Bell Sound studios to record anoth... more info

Rolling Stone — Ringo Starr grabbed a little help from his friends for his new album Y Not, due January 12th, 2010. The Beatles drummer will be joined by his Fab Four bandmate Paul McCartney on a couple of tracks, including first single “Walk With Me,” which fin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Washington Post reports, that "MySpace will acquire most of the assets of iMeem for a purchase price of around $1 million in cash." Meanwhile, as the NY Times points out, "Hulu, the joint online venture between NBC, Fox... more info

Guardian Music — The former Genesis frontman on fan funding, reliable filters, and why he would commission an alternative to The X FactorWhen I blogged about the lack of women in the music industry, one manager claimed that this is because girls are less interested i... more info

Topix — Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. more info

Guardian Music — And so it ends: the site that was selling digital downloads of Beatles songs - the only ones doing so anywhere in the world - have been shut down at the order of a US judge, reports the NME.We reported before on the legal travails that two interlinke... more info

NME — Judge makes ruling ahead of court date more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — LOS ANGELES - Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. more info

USA Today Music — Two websites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A federal judge in Los Angeles granted Capitol Records request for a preliminary injunction today against a San Jose-based website that had put the Beatles catalog online for digital downloading at 25 cents a track, without permission from the band ... more info