Rolling Stone Mag Shrinks In Size: Rolling Stone Mag is going through a rough period. Rolling Stone is one of the mags that stood out in newstands because of its size, but on Oct. 30 the mag will adopt the standard size used by all but a few magazines. Rolling Stone has paid circulation in the United States of more than 1.4 million, the highest in its history, but its single-copy sales have fallen from 189,000 in 1999, to 132,000 last year. “Along with the change in size, Rolling Stone will switch to heavier, glossy paper and sleeker page designs, and it will be glued rather than stapled — “perfect bound” instead of “saddle stitched,” in magazine lingo — giving it a flat spine rather than a tapered edge.”

Say No To iTunes? We have been saying that Kid Rocks latest sales numbers is the summer story. The success of Kid Rock’s summer hit ‘All Summer Long’ are convincing some music execs to change promotion strategy. It’s definitely interesting that he’s the only artist that’s not available on iTunes with a monster hit right now, and we’re seeing that kind of a growth,” says Livia Tortella, general manager of Atlantic, who acknowledges that the company is considering keeping other artists’ singles off iTunes in hopes of building album sales. “It’s certainly spurring a lot of debate in our company.”

Kid Rock says,”It’s funny, I have a shitload of stock in Apple — I think it’s one of the greatest companies in America,” he says. “But it’s just not very American to me when Apple tells you how they want to sell your product and tell you what it’s worth.”

Recommended Listening: Listen to Johnny Boy and New Day by
Deep Insight. The band hails from Finland and has self released two full length albums. In the summer 2005 the band´s single Hurricane Season (our favorite) reached number one position in the Finnish official top ten and stayed on the list over two months. The third album ‘One Minute Too Late’ was released in Finland in 2006, and the single New Day was went straight to number #1. The band is currently working on a new album.

The Disney Machine: Another teen queen could be following in the footsteps of Miley and the Jonas Brothers. Her name is Demo Lovato, she will soon be starring in a new Disney Channel Original Series called Welcome to Mollywood that begins production in September 2008 and she is currently on tour with the Jonas Brothers.

Katy Perry Ties Beatle Record: Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” has tied the Beatles “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to become the longest-running No. 1 in the rock era for the singer’s Capitol Records label. What does this really mean? Absolutely nothing.