AP - French media company Vivendi SA said Wednesday that net income fell 3.5 percent in the second quarter due to fewer music releases from artists like Eminem and Lady Gaga, but it raised its full-year outlook as it expects strong results from video games and mobile services in emerging markets.

AFP - Gadget lovers were dreaming of iPods, iPads and bargain-rate Internet television Wednesday as Apple prepared to unveil its latest creations at a music-themed special event here.

Reuters - Sony Corp will launch a new music and video download service linking a range of its devices, in a challenge to Apple Inc's dominant position in the market, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.

Macworld.com - If you’ve clamored to see Steve Jobs in action at one of Apple’s press events, your typical modus operandi has been to bide your time until Apple posts a QuickTime stream of the presentation later in the day. That changes with Wednesday’s music event in San Francisco. Apple says it will provide live video streaming of the festivities beginning at 10 a.m. PT.

AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Aug. 30, 2010:

PC Magazine - While the app phenomenon is steadily on the rise, iTunes users still buy music more than anything else, according to a Tuesday study from the NPD Group.

Appolicious - From house and techno to ambient and trance, there's a wide variety of electronic music to be heard and streaming radio station Digitally Imported has now launched an app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad to give you your electronic fix. Although users can currently access di.fm and stream tunes through Safari, the free app makes finding your favorite sound from more than 35 channels easier.

PC Magazine - There's only one day left for Apple rumors before Steve Jobs takes the stage at Wednesday's San Francisco press event, and the latest report is that Apple will double the amount of time users can listen to song samples on iTunes.

Digital Trends - The mobile music market might be focused on smartphones right now, but that doesn’t mean there’s no market for standalone portable media playershellip;and to that end SanDisk has announced its new SanDisk Fuse+ MP3 Player, sporting a large color LCD display, video playback capability, microSDHC removable storage, and swipe-based “filmstrip” interface for selecting music and navigating player functions. And the Fuse+ is available in 4, 8, and 16 GB capacities at suggested prices of $79, $89, and $119, respectively.

AP - Antoine Dodson's angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation.