• Suge Knight is looking to declare bankruptcy in order to prevent his label, Death Row, from going into receivership. (Forbes.com)

• Clear Channel has offered to pay a $1 million fine to the FCC to settle its payola investigation. The company cut ties with indepedent promoters two years ago, and it has completed its own internal investigation. At least one FCC commissioner isn't keen on settling, claims the article. (San Antonio Express-News)

• The Village Voice profiles New York-based online music stores: digital stores Tight Tunes and Dancetracks Digital, and CD-selling Insound. (Village Voice)

• Today Rhapsody will offer an exclusive on 33 live Barenaked Ladies concerts, with 27 more to follow later in the month. Each of the concerts, from the group's Play Everywhere for Everyone tour, can be purchased for $9.99 apiece.

• Mobile music execs talk about whether or not consumers should be charged more than once for the same content. (Digital Music News)

• The Vortex Jazz Club is at the forefront of London's jazz renaissance. "The renaissance involves a new generation, including the talented pianists Zoe Rahman and Andrew McCormack, the bassist Orlando le Fleming and the drummers Chris Higginbottom and Gene Calderazzo. There are also some well- honed bands with names like Acoustic Ladyland, Polar Bear, Partisans, Squash Recipe and Orchestra Mahatma that sound as though they mean business." (Bloomburg News)