• The Sacramento Bee has two Tower articles: One is look at Tower's fall and dropping credibility in the music retail market. (Sacramento Bee) The other looks at the chance of the struggling retailer finding a buyer. (Sacramento Bee)

• A poll by LA Times and Bloomberg finds a "pervasive" attitude among people 12 to 24 that copying purchased CDs or DVDs is legal. "Among teens ages 12 to 17 who were polled, 69 percent said they believed it was legal to copy a CD from a friend who purchased the original. By comparison, only 21 percent said it was legal to copy a CD if a friend got the music free." (LA Times)

• The Dixie Chicks continue to deal with adversity in country strongholds. The group has canceled a handful of tour dates due to slow ticket sales (Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Knoxville) and postponed others (Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver and Phoenix) -- but has replaced them with
shows in Canada. (Update: Kansas City never went on sale.) (AP)

• The Super Audio CD isn't quite dead yet, although it may seem that way to some. Universal Music will release Super Audio CDs from the Moody Blues and Al Di Meola...a total of 12 titles between August and October. (HighFidelityReview.com)

• Digital Music Group has added three labels to its roster: Fuel 2000, Tone Casualties and Roadshow Records. (Sacramento Business Journal)

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