The 9513 Country Music — Out of all the hoopla surrounding Taylor Swift’s latest album Speak Now, an interesting article emerged that examined the record’s impact on the music industry. On NPR Music’s The Record, Jacob Ganz wrote about “Five Lessons The Recording Ind... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper criticises TV show's use of video during interview about claim that George Bush 'doesn't care about black people'Kanye West has cancelled an appearance on Today, the popular US morning news programme, to protest a perceived slight against him ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — New rumored celebrity couple Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift have been mentioned all over the place lately. Considering he's about a decade older than her, it appears their tabloid romance has been moving pretty slowly. This week, it came out that J... more info

Pop Bytes — Remember how Kanye West so vewy, vewy sowwy about stealing Taylor Swift's moment at the MTV VMAs and how he said he was humbled by the experience? Well fuck that shit, because Kanye has albums to sell and he's going to pout and whine and bitch and mo... more info

Dlisted — Jakey Gyllenhaal got shy and didn't want to walk the carpet at last night's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Uno premiere in London, so he tried to be slick and sneak into the theater's back door with protection (aka his bod... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Kanye West has canceled a November 26th performance on the Today show, because the Chicago emcee is in the middle of a feud with the show's host, Matt Lauer. Kanye accused Lauer of attempting to "force his answers" and was upset when... more info

ContactMusic — SUSAN BOYLE, the 49-year-old Scottish singing sensation, is set to do battle with the American country musician TAYLOR SWIFT in the US music charts, with both artists... more info

411 Mania — Christina takes on Ke$ha in Battle of the Babes, someone wants to kill Lady Gaga, *NSYNC is scary, Taylor Swift is sad, Phil Collins talks about suicide, Courtney Love's craziness and our preconceptions, Billy Ray rocks a mullet again, Rihanna is you... more info

The Newsroom — TV Guide Network continues our countdown of the Sexiest Stars of Country Music. We enter the top ten with Taylor Swift, Trace Atkins, Faith Hill & Brad Paisley. Talented, successful and of course hot, these artists make Country sizzle. more info

411 Mania — Country kids plus Kid Rock added to big show... more info