A while back I wrote that we'd have more Zune preload artists to announce in the coming weeks. Well Richard and I just got the green light from our friends at Beggars to post that Norwegian phenoms Serena-Maneesh will come preloaded on Zune. Not familiar w/ Serena-Maneesh? Check out their video for "Drain Cosmetics." Sweet. Also, I'm loving the Zune haikus . Since I forgot to tell you when the contest ends, let's say. . . it ends at 12:00 am this Friday, 1 September (Pacific time). Good...

I know that the whole world is linking to this story, but I would add one thing: we have more artists to announce the next coming weeks. You heard it here first. The article adds this quote, which caught my attention: "Apple has been an important partner in building the digital music market but any well-funded serious entrant has got to be good news for the artists and industry," Jeff Kempler, executive vice president of EMI unit Virgin Records America, told Reuters. Also, can anyone recommend...

Thanks to everyone who wished me a good vacation. I'm back now and have a little bit of Zune news for you. A while ago, I posted about Zune having some content pre-loaded on it. But at that time, I wasn't able to confirm any of the content. My buddy Richard yesterday wrote that we'll have content from CSS and Hot Chip . Sweet. And yes, that's both audio and video. I just got the green light to post about some more pre-loaded content: 30 Seconds to Mars . From our friends at Virgin Records , 30 Seconds...