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Music Stars Set to Reap YouTube Windfall (Guardian)
More than 50,000 music artists will now get paid when their tracks are used as backing music for clips on YouTube in a new deal between the music industry and the Web site. The group which collects music royalties for publishers when songs are performed in the U.K. has licensed more than 10 million pieces of music for use on YouTube.

XM-Sirius Merger Gets Help From Court Ruling (MediaPost)
The proposed merger between XM and Sirius got a boost with the dismissal of an unrelated antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission against Whole Foods. The ruling becomes relevant to satellite radio because the grounds for dismissal cited by the federal judge hinge on the same issue as the Sirius-XM merger: the relevant definition of the market where the deal is taking place.

New Web Mag Aimed at Women in Media (Variety)
Women in Film and General Motors have launched a free online magazine titled Traction, aimed at empowering and nurturing women in the media biz. The magazine will include feature stories on industry-relevant topics as well as a virtual mentor, featuring how-to pieces on everything from shooting in a foreign country to securing an agent.

A&P Sues Brothers Over Produce-Licking YouTube Video (AP via Forbes)
Two New Jersey brothers sacked from their grocery jobs for filming a gangsta rap parody at the store now face a defamation lawsuit from their former employer. A&P claims the video by Mark and Matthew D'Avella motivated at least one "disgusted and distressed" customer to boycott the supermarket because of the video's "repulsive acts."

Survey: Web Video Watchers Favor News Clips and Shorter Ads (Clickz)
Many naturally assume the growth in online video consumption is driven by teens and twenty-somethings watching amateur content. According to a survey conducted by Advertising.com and InsightExpress, they're wrong. Rather, streaming video fans are by and large over-35 news junkies who tolerate in-stream ads in short bursts.

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