First off, I want to thank TwentyFourBit readers for sticking with us, as we have only been posting stories not covered elsewhere of late. I’ve been sick for a month now, but seem to be recovering (no, I didn’t catch the “swine flu” from Jens Lekman). Our news bits have been popping up on some of our favorite sites, however, so I’m very thankful to those folks as well. We’ve got a new contributor and some really cool news we’re saving for later this week, but for now check out the big stories from today that are making the rounds:

Quincy Jones wrote an awesome piece on his personal and professional history with Michael Jackson. There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes info on the making of Thriller, and more. Thataway. Meanwhile, Joe Jackson is seizing the moment to promote stuff.

It’s a sad day for print media, as Vibe Magazine has closed up shop. ?uestlove tweeted about the news: “damn. i dont know how to react to this vibe thing being over. i purchased every issue since its inception. i was proud of it actually. it wasn’t like rolling stone was going to put wesley snipes or d’angelo on the cover.”

A documentary on Auto-Tune aired tonight on PBS. Check out a clip here or read an interview with the inventor of Auto-Tune here in which he uses the “guns don’t kill people…” defense of his popular invention.

Two more bits, representing the extremes of unimportant and significant news from today, respectively: Joan Jett made Kristen Stewart cry and Pirate Bay was bought for $7.7 million.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a funny Jack White story and more music news by real live musicians.

Cheers,
Peter

Late last year, Lil Wayne boasted that he was involved in every aspect of his career, including personally filming parts of The Carter, an upcoming documentary about his life thus far. Things got a bit fishy, however, when we reported the film’s debut at Sundance revealed Wayne’s cough syrup addiction was more dire than many had thought. It turns out, this wasn’t the cut of the film he would have authorized and, naturally, his lawyers are on the case.

Radar Online reports Lil Wayne is suing the production company behind the film because they allegedly didn’t give him the final cut, as per their agreement. Quincy Delight Jones III, son of music legend Quincy Jones, was one of the partners named in the lawsuit. Jones, aka QD3, is a producer who scored Will Smith’s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Menace II Society.

In a strange twist, the lawsuit cites convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff as an example of a similar incident of fraud.