• US buyout firm Fortress is taking a look at EMI, as are Apollo and private equity firm One Equity. (AFX)

• Los Angeles gets a country station today. (Radio Ink)

• Story of a YouTube "star" who doesn't want to sign with a record label. The move could end up saving labels from themselves. If OK Go gets only 200,000 album sales from a YouTube megahit, why look use YouTube popularity as an indicator of future music sales? Who's to say YouTube popularity will translate to success at radio, television or touring? Right now, all indicators point to YouTube popularity existing in a near vacuum. (Billboard)

• A profile on DC-area indie retail chain cd.gameexchange. (Washington Post)

• Broadcasters speak out for relaxed ownership rules at the FCC media ownership hearing in Harrisburg, PA. (AP)

• DRM lives on: BitTorrent to launch a movie download service today with files protected by Microsoft DRM. The press seems to be going a bit light on founder Bram Cohen even though media files will be wrapped in the same sort of DRM that gets online music retailers so much grief. (The News.com)

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