Reuters - Britain's largest pay-TV firm BSkyB is
to launch an online subscription music service and has signed
the world's largest music group Universal as its first partner,
in a deal that could challenge Apple. -- read full article
AP - Sen. Frank Lautenberg's re-election campaign has dropped its request to get the operator of Giants Stadium to provide it with Bruce Springsteen tickets for a fundraiser event this weekend. -- read full article
AP - Doctors say the cyst removed from conductor James Levine's kidney was malignant, but the cancer was caught early and no further treatment is needed.
Reuters - British pop star George Michael has a
tip for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama --
team up with former rival Hillary Clinton. -- read full article
AP - The first half of 2008 has already seen some great albums. There has been the majestic (Sigur Ros' sunny new opus), the super hip (Vampire Weekend's much-anticipated debut), the ultra current (Girl Talk's sample-mad "Feed the Animals") and the chart-topping classic (Death Cab for Cutie with "Narrow Stairs").
AP - Hannah Montana may be the most potent phenomenon in Hollywood right now — bigger than Batman, bigger than Brangelina. Yet these days, the girl who truly fascinates is not Hannah, but Miley Cyrus.
Reuters - Dusk is setting on a cool evening at
Yankee Stadium, as Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte sets down the
San Diego Padres. Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey, two
songwriters behind new band The Baseball Project, are doing
what they love: sipping beer and talking baseball and music.
