NEWS ROUND-UP: IT'S ALL SPITZER'S FAULT

• Radio programmers are afraid to get adventurous with their playlists, blaming Elliot Spitzer's payola crack-down for the sad state of the industry. We tried to get a DJ comment on why listeners don't care about radio anymore, but WLTX's "Morning Spankfest," hosted by Fat Daddy and the Nookie Monster, was in the middle of a Daniel Powter marathon. (LA Times)
• Two Madonna tickets will run you almost $800. But isn't worth it to finally hear "This Used to Be My Playground" live? (BrooklynVegan)
• Good news and bad news for Who fans: The good news is that a new album's on the way. The bad news is that it will be preceeded by an eleven-minute mini-opera, The Glass Household, which we all have to pretend to like. (Billboard)
  
• Troubled Love lead singer Arthur Lee is battling leukemia; an L.A. benefit show is planned for as early as next month. (Billboard)