Millions of people like MySpace, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find anybody who refuses to enjoy some form of music.  Combining the two things seems like a decent idea, then, and a new report from Peter Kafka has it that MySpace Music will in fact launch on September 15th.  MySpace Music is essentially headless – the organization was supposed to have its own CEO – but it’s reported to be running well nonetheless.

The world of video sharing just got a new friend.  CNN is now allowing other sites to embed its news clips, with Don Day (somewhat ironically) displaying a piece about the latest Bigfoot hoax as proof.  These videos may not be viral hits, but they’ll at least provide useful information, and it’s interesting to see an important member of the mainstream media embrace the concept of freely spreading them.

YouTube’s a sort of middleman in many situations, and recently, the International Olympic Committee asked it to take down a pro-Tibet video that briefly featured the five Olympic rings.  YouTube complied with the DMCA notice, but according to Slashdot, then went the extra mile by asking the IOC if it really planned to pursue a claim.  The IOC withdrew its request, and now the video is available for viewing once again.  A whole lot of people, in addition to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fair Use Project, are happy about the development.

Users of Blinkx may want to brace themselves for some advertising; the video search site has announced its intention of acquiring MIVA, which “means business” according to a sparse official site.  Since the combination of online video and advertising has yet to prove too profitable, this development could either lead the way to a whole lot of changes on more popular sites or simply annoy a few people and then disappear.  Hat tip goes to Nathania Johnson.

Think we live in a superficial society?  Well, MyBlogLog did just manage to “wow” some users with a good-looking redesign.  On the other hand, a number of people were disappointed that things besides the site’s appearance weren’t changed.  And now, so that both sides can be happy: MyBlogLog’s Ian Kennedy responded to an article from Svetlana Gladkova by writing, “Don’t worry, we have much cooler things in the works that are much more worthy of your attention.  I hope to be able to share more details about them in the coming weeks.”

It’d been days? weeks? since anyone had observed a problem with Twitter.  We were well on the way to setting a record, I’m sure.  Only today, users everywhere saw their follower/following counts drop dramatically.  Part of the problem seems to be that Twitter went way overboard in an attempt to reduce spam.  The other part, as a post on the official Twitter Blog admits, was “an error during a database upgrade.”  Confidence-inspiring as always, although Twitter is its the way to restoring the follower/following relationships.

The few people that use Hulu like it a lot.  New and old shows, in high quality and for free – the site is hard to beat.  Unfortunately for those would profit off Hulu, Daisy Whitney reports, “only 15% of online Americans have even heard of Hulu.com.”  Hulu appears to draw what advertisers view as an admirable audience – young, wealthier-than-average males – but it’s going to have to do something about that 15 percent stat before much else falls into place.

Search for “France” on YouTube, and the current crop of results includes some clips shot in that country.  Other top results include soccer games, music videos, and a Bill Maher talk.  So, as what seems like a mildly useful upgrade, YouTube intends to let users “find videos tagged to a certain location,” according to Liz Gannes.  No release date has been announced, but this probably isn’t too far off.

Hope you don’t mind Viacom getting a good idea of your likes and dislikes.  As a way of moving a $1 billion copyright infringement case forward, a judge has ruled that YouTube must share records of who has watched what (including IP addresses and user login names) with the media corporation.  The only slightly comforting thing is that Viacom is supposed to use the info only for proving the pervasiveness of privacy.

If MySpace users want to share their personal information with other sites, the social network’s finally ready to let them do so.  As everything’s operating on an opt-in basis, privacy concerns seem to have been addressed, and it’s now pretty much up to developers to make the sharing of information seem appealing to users.  Facebook, meanwhile, has yet to provide any similar options.

YouTube’s ready to develop beyond a place where people watch short videos of random individuals kicking each other in the crotch.  Within the new Screening Room, quality clips made by real filmmakers (and often lasting more than ten minutes) are being put on display.  These aren’t the full-length television episodes and Hollywood movies that can be seen elsewhere, but sites like Hulu still might want to watch out.

Not to be “all Twitter, all the time,” but this week, two more Twitter-related stories seem worth mentioning. First, the company is bringing in professionals from Pivotal Labs to help solve its downtime problems. Second, Twitter’s CEO has said no pay models will be put in place. So we’re looking at something that’s free and actually works . . . good news all around.

All work and no play may result in dullness, but all work and all play is liable to result in insanity.  So Twitter is “adding the ability for users to separate their contacts into groups, support for sending and receiving messages by e-mail, and adding new instant-message and Internet channels for the service,” according to what Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told Mitch Wagner.  Sounds nifty, although reliable uptime would be a better present.

YouTube’s hugely popular, and has been for a long time.  The real news here relates to money.  Forbes reports, “[I]t appears that YouTube will generate $200 million this year and maybe $350 million the next.”  Those two totals don’t add up to $1.65 billion, of course, but they suggest that Google is getting the hang of managing its star video-sharing site.

Oft-repeated rumor has it that $15 million in funding will soon wind up in Twitter’s corporate pocket.  In fact, some reports have it landing there already.  But regardless of the timeframe, Peter Kafka reports that Spark Capital is the likely source of the investment, and the money should put Twitter at an overall value of around $80 million.  Maybe now the site will actually stay up for a week at a time.