These are my links for September 23rd through September 30th:

• Lily Allen ‘quits music’ after abuse over file-sharing fight – A sad and mixed story, heady with pop stars and government spin doctors…Lily Allen, the supposed MySpace heroine, blogger and Twitter, claims to be knocking music on head due to abuse to her support of Peter Mandelson's 'three strikes and your out' policy regarding illegal downloading. Her siding with the music biz and government probably hasn't done her fanbase much digital-indie cred, but that's the problem with making file-sharing illicit – it's an industry built on getting into trouble with authority.
• Thompson signals review will reduce size of BBC – Looks like the Beeb are publicly planning for the savage budget cuts likely to follow in what Director General Mark Thompson describes as a move from 'both-and' to 'either or'. The additional digital channels and web services, I wonder, if will be likely to be viewed as less essential. I suspect younger audiences will keep their digital, olders shows will see web tie-ins cut back.