• A concert promoter tells the Houston Chronicle that country radio refused to promote the Dixie Chicks' tour and wouldn't even accept the promoter's advertising money. In response, one station manager said the station doesn't advertise bands not on its playlist. How logical. (Pollstar)

• Research group Screen Digest predicts throught 2010 "online sales alone are not going to be enough to halt the decline in music sales." (Reuters)

• All of a sudden the ol' income statement is looking a lot better: Apple and Creative settled their patent dispute. Apple will pay Creative $100 million and will welcome the company's products into the "Made for iPod" series of accessories. (MacDailyNews)

• Mike Curb, founder of Curb Records and former lieutenant governor of California, gave California State University, Northridge a gift of $10 million. (Daily News)

[music jobs] Brand and Online Marketing Manager at The Ascot Club/Am Only; Brooklyn, NY.