Undercover, Australia — There will be a new Linkin Park song when the Transformers II soundtrack surfaces next month. more info

Rolling Stone — ̺ New Issue: The Rise of Lady Gaga & the Hot List • Springsteen Ends Tour With Jersey Marathon • Kings of Leon, NIN Rock Sasquatch! Fest • Linkin Park Cooking Up Genre-Busting LP • Idol Winner Kris Allen on Covering Dylan • Idol’s Lamber... more info

Gigwise — Which they are half way through writing... more info

Rolling Stone — You’ve got to admire Linkin Park co-frontman Mike Shinoda’s ambition. He says he’d like the band’s fourth studio offering “to be its own thing,” and says, ideally, “they’re going to have to come up with a new genre name for what this ... more info

AngryApe — To be released in 2010 more info

411 Mania — Band working on new release... more info

Reuters — DETROIT NEW YORK (Billboard) - Hard at work on its fourth album, rock band Linkin Park has kept busy on a number of other fronts as well, among them its first movie soundtrack. more info

Chorus.fm — *Linkin Park* (http://www.linkinpark.com) is working on their new album (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/linkin-park-hard-at-work-on-next-album-1003976097.story), shooting for a 2010 release. more info

Altsounds — For the past few weeks, message boards on music and film sites across the internet have been abuzz with anticipation as fans count down to today’s worldwide radio premiere of “New Divide,” the theme song written and recorde... more info

Rolling Stone — Kanye West pleaded not guilty (or “NOT GUILTY” in Kanyespeak) to misdemeanor charges of vandalism, battery and theft stemming from an incident with paparazzi at LAX airport in September 2008, TMZ reports. Linkin Park are streaming a preview of t... more info