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

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — 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 th... more info