Frederic Seaman admits he sucks: Paul LiCalsi, attorney for Lennon’s widow, told Manhattan federal court Judge Leonard Sand that Ono and Frederic Seaman had reached an agreement, putting an end to the case just before the jury was expected to hear closing arguments. Ono sued Seaman in 1999 over the …

Once in a while Ted Rall’s cartoons are funny, but as an essayist, he makes Noam Chomsky look like Bernard Lewis: he’s an incredibly callous, wrong-headed, self-loathing assplow. John Giuffo doesn’t much like him either and tells why in the new Comics Journal: Perhaps the best way to begin a …

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Hey, I’m off to the second to last Indians game of the year – go Thome! – last time to hang out in the TRW loge as well, since there will be no more TRW in a few more weeks. Today would be a perfect day to go back through …

Tastes like chicken: * NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake–who is prepping for the November 5 release of his debut solo album, Justified–recently admitted that he performed oral sex on his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears. The pop singer made the admission while visiting New York radio hosts Star And Buc Wild during the …

Oliver Willis writes on Barbershop, Jesse and Al in the American Times: They were once noble-minded foot soldiers in Martin Luther King’s struggle for civil rights. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, both sharp-tongued orators who rally the black community against the forces of injustice. But once the fight for civil …

From Clear Channel: Clear Channel Worldwide (NYSE:CCU – News) today launched the Clear Channel NEW Music Network, which will utilize the synergy of the company’s Radio, TV, Outdoor and Entertainment divisions to help promising artists bring an unprecedented amount of new music to new audiences. The NEW Music Network will …

L.A. Weekly looks at a future full of info to go: OF COURSE ANGELENOS UNDERSTAND mobile culture. We practically invented it. Our city evolved around an earlier era’s breakthrough personal mobile technology — the car — and we were arguably the first and most conspicuous U.S. adopters of cell-phone culture. …

The Hollywood Reporter says Bertelsmann disputing Zomba’s reputed worth: German media giant Bertelsmann wants to pay as much as $600 million less than expected to take over Clive Calder’s Zomba Music Group, sources near the company said Thursday, confirming German media reports. Bertelsmann reportedly sees Calder’s $3 billion price tag …

The NY Times says Morpheus, Kazaa and LimeWire are snagging unearned commissions: Some popular online services are using a new kind of software to divert sales commissions that would otherwise be paid to small online merchants by big sites like Amazon and eToys. Critics call the software parasite-ware and stealware. …