Brian Williams Gets Indie Music Cred|Google’s Mysterious Meetings With Post And Times|Newspapers Should Fail|OK!‘s Luxury Update Conspiracy|WSJ.com’s Micro-Payment Plan

WebNewser: Today, Brian Williams launched BriTunes, an indie music web series. Sadly, Williams doesn’t sing.

MediaMemo: Google is meeting with The Washington Post and The New York Times, too. But what are they talking about?

Silicon Alley Insider: Newspapers should be allowed to fail.

ASSME: Is OK!‘s luxe rebranding a product of “an evil pact between publisher Lori Burgess and editorial consultant Jason Oliver Nixon“?

Reuters: WSJ.com plans to institute “micro-payments” for articles and premium subscriptions.

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