• The Daily Mail is the latest to talk about a possible EMI/Warner Music Group merger. It writes about one estimate that a merger could save over $170 million pounds a year. Nobody would hate to save money, that's for sure. The downside? "The only real problem could be deciding which executives fill the key management roles." (Daily Mail)

• Related: EMI's stock was up 1-1/2 on the FTSE this morning on the Mail's merger article.

• TVT has taken a leap of faith: The indie label has licensed its music to Qtrax, an ad-supported P2P service. (Digital Music News)

• Capitol Nashville wants Latin country star. (Reuters)

• The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, who's probably doing ten interviews a day right now, offers something notable in this Billboard. The Lips have one album left on its seven-album deal with Warner Bros, and realizes the band has sold far fewer albums that most long-term Warner Bros bands. He talks of the band's relationship with the label, admits he had fears of being dropped tells of the good communication that exists between band and label. (Billboard)