• Andrew Lloyd Webber is reportedly putting together a £73 million bid for the catalog of The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organisation. (Evening Standard)

• Andrew Lack, former chairman of Sony BMG, was named CEO of Bloomberg Television, Interactive, and Radio Operations. Lack was president of NBC prior to his time at Sony BMG. (Press release)

• As part of Sony BMG's huge marketing push for AC/DC's upcoming album Black Ice, the company has teamed up with UK newspaper The Times to offer free streaming of the album at the Times' website for the week before its release. (Brand Republic)

• Lawrence Lessig has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled "In Defense of Piracy." He outlines five steps: reregulate the copy, deregulate amateur remix, simplify, restore efficiency and decriminalize Generation X. (Wall Street Journal)

• An interview with Topspin Media's Ian Rogers. He talks about Topspin's three-part toolbox. The first, already off and running, enables the direct-to-consumer relationship. The second, still in the works, is about marketing to wider audiences. The third deals with analytics. "Our goal is not be a SNOCAP and when we open the doors have 40,000 bands come in, and take up lots of disk space, and create lots of customer service volume, but not have a large number of fans. We're starting at the middle class of artists, who have a meaningful business, and will work from there." (socialTECH)