Idolator

- The NFL wants nothing to do with Beluga Spears. [NY Daily News]
- A soundtrack featuring Liza Minnelli, Bruce Springsteen and Drew Barrymore? It's like we died and went to heaven! No, seriously—this makes us feel as if we're actually closer to death. [Billboard]
- After feuding in the courts, EMI and China-based search-engine provider Baidu will team up to provide free music streams. Somewhere in Budapest, Erykah Badu is composing a jokey email about this to her manager, but will eventually think better of it. [Bloomberg]