Right. Google bought YouTube. Big news. You can listen to the press release by both company's bigwigs here.

Speaking of which -- Diddy Launches DiddyTV on YouTube

Resource Suggestions:

I can't remember if we ever mentioned Rock's Back Pages, but if your library wants to purchase a database that tailors to teen interest, this is the one to get.

One of my favorite features is the weekly updates on the articles added. Skimming one email, I can get 30+ music headlines from among others: NME, Melody Maker, Rolling Stone, MOJO and various general publications with music sections like newspapers.

Example:
- Move over 1976: Mark Pringle tells us why 2006 is the year of a music revolution (Rock's Backpages, 2006)
- Nick Hasted approves of the Postpunk nouveau of The Futureheads (The Independent, 2004)
Extra-curricular Dead: Richard Gehr chats to Mickey Hart and Robert Hunter (Rolling Stone, 1996)
- AUDIO: On recording, production and singing: Barney Hoskyns with Luther Vandross, part 2 (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1989)

Also, if you have teens interested in music production, but don't have the budget for MIX or RECORDING, you may want to take a look at TAPE OP "the creative music recording magazine". It has a lot of content for the serious audio tech enthusiast. Also . . . it's free!

I almost have my subscriptions sorted out. (We are still in the process of switching subscription services.) Hence, we haven't been getting a whole lot of issues. Here's the list of what the instructors want, though:

Alternative Press Big Takeover Billboard Blender CMJ New Music Report Computer Arts Downbeat Electronic Musician EQ Future Music Game Developer Layers Magazine Mac Addict Magnet MIX Modern Drummer MOJO Musicians Guide to Touring and Promoting New Musical Express (weekly) No Depression Paste Performing Songwriter Pro Sound News Re:Up Recording REMIX RES Magazine Revolver Rolling Stone SCRATCH Sound & Vision Sound On Sound SOURCE Under the radar Variety weekly VIBE Wax Poetics WIRE WIRED

Just in case you are interested . . . are we missing anything major? Some of the more expensive options were dropped for the time being.