From
SOHH.com:
Sean 'Diddy" Combs and Jay-Z are reportedly in negotiations with Comcast to launch a Video On Demand channel with urban themed programming.
And from the
New York Post:
That would explain why hip-hop stars Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs, along with Harvey and Bob Weinstein, were spotted at the cable operator's massive Market Street compound in Philadelphia last week. One source familiar with the meeting said it was both a getting-acquainted session and a chance to bounce around ideas about urban programming.
Once again, DJ Richard "Diddy" Dearlove, who may end up being best known for suing Diddy, has
filed suit.
Richard "Diddy" Dearlove says that Combs has breached an earlier undertaking not to use the name "Diddy" in Britain, because people there can see Combs' pages on the international MySpace and YouTube sites where he appears as "Diddy."
"We want him either to use a neutral name like P. Diddy or to shut them down," said Iain Purvis, Dearlove's lawyer at the High Court in London where the case is being heard.
Are MySpace and YouTube "international" websites? Generally speaking, websites are considered to be based where they are physically hosted and are held to the laws of that country. I am under the impression that both MySpace and YouTube are hosted in the U.S. Whether or not they can be accessed in the U.K. is unimportant. A person from the U.K. can buy CDs released in the U.S., if they so choose. That is inevitable.
I may very well be missing something, but he seems to want the courts in the U.K. to apply U.K. law to U.S. based websites. Of course, there are extenuating circumstances, such as Google and FOX (the owners of YouTube and MySpace) having business in the U.K., I'm sure, that may or may not affect it.
Diddy and co. seem to be making adjustments to both pages to compromise, perhaps as part of negotiations (just guessing?). For example, when you visit
his YouTube page, you see:
UK USERS MUST VISIT:
www.youtube.com/pdiddy
The link is to an alternate account at YouTube where it says P. Diddy instead of Diddy.
And,
his MySpace page now has a large banner at the top saying that U.K. users "MUST CLICK HERE". It takes you to an
alternate MySpace profile where, again, it's P. Diddy instead of just Diddy.
It's all a little loopy, when you think about it, but if it leads to the issue being over, it may be worth it. I'm not an attorney or anything, but, if Dearlove is pushing for Diddy to stop calling himself Diddy on MySpace and on YouTube, period, my gut says to fight it. It's just a name, but that's not the point. There would seem to be something more at stake here.
Diddy did a BlogCheck with MySpace. In other words, it's a video interview.
Watch it here.
Diddy is in the
latest issue of People Magazine.
He tells American publication People, "I bought them their first pair of diamond earrings. Tiny Tiffany diamonds for babies."
Apparently, Aubrey from Danity Kane is
in there, as well.
Over at the
GIANT Magazine site, you can vote for the December cover that you liked better - Diddy's or Ciara's. The poll is on the right section, about half way down the page.
Currently, Diddy's leading, 68% to 32%.
Via
Diddy's MySpace.
The video for Diddy's third single "Last Night" will be featured on BET: Access Granted on January 31.
From
top40-charts.com:
Friday, February 2nd the official "Twelve Hours of Diddy" Superbowl jumps- off @ Miami's premiere dance club, Space (34 N.E. 11th Street), Downtown Miami. As Miami's nightlife comes to a halt, Diddy's party will continue until the sun rises from 10:00PM until 10:00AM. Party with Music and Fashion icon, Diddy who sets global trends. "There is no party like a Diddy party, cuz a Diddy party don't stop!!!"
From
PR inside:
A string of high-profile music stars including SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS, MARIAH CAREY and SHAWN 'JAY-Z' CARTER could be hauled before a US court to testify on behalf of their jeweller.
Good quote, from
MTV.com:
"It's important to have that great guest list," Diddy said, eyeballing the scene as only the king of all parties could. "[You need] that great guest list, great music, a lot of free food and free liquor, and Diddy. And I'm here."
