PC World - Project Playlist, a social network that lets you create and share playlists, has made a friend out of its former foe, EMI Music. Starting today, EMI Music has licensed its catalog to the social network, which boasts over 42 million registered users. EMI is the second music label to strike a deal with Project Playlist; Sony/BMG signed on in December.

AFP - Last.fm, which provides music to online users like a jukebox, will start charging fans outside Britain, the United States and Germany from the end of the month, the London-based site's co-founder said.

AFP - EMI Music and Project Playlist announced on Wednesday they have reached agreement to add the giant music company's recordings to the online catalog of the fast-growing music-sharing startup.

AP - Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games?

AP - Martina McBride, Shine (RCA/Sony)

Reuters - Want to get across to Asia's youth? Do it through media or music, with a survey revealing that most spend on average 10 hours a day watching TV, on the Internet, reading magazines or listening to the radio.

NewsFactor - There have been dozens of amateur videos of Beyonce's popular song, Single Ladies, on the video-sharing Web site YouTube. Links to several renditions of the music video have made their way throughout the Internet, linking people back to YouTube.

Reuters - EMI Music said on Monday its president of digital music, Douglas Merrill, the ex-Google Inc executive who joined less than a year ago, is leaving the company as his unit is being integrated into its main operations.

AFP - New Zealand Monday withdrew a controversial law which could have forced firms to disconnect Internet users accused of illegal use of material such as music or films.

PC World - Thomson has released software for the creation and playback of a new type of audio file using lossless compression. MP3HD files will be around four times the size of corresponding MP3 files, but will remain compatible with existing MP3 players.