The Morning Mix: Britney Spears Earns Half A Million For Product Placement

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:: Britney Spears wrestled up $500,000 for filling her “Hold It Against Me” video with shots of Sony, Make Up Forever, and PlentyOfFish.com, as well as her own fragrance, Radiance. We’re positive that 500,000 Britney fans would have donated one dollar each for the video to be free of obvious product placement. [Rolling Stone]

:: Are these examples of product placement in Katy Perry music videos up to the pop star’s high standards? [Vulture]

:: Find out why James Franco won’t be singing a Cher song – with Cher — at the Oscars. [E! Online]

:: Taylor Swift whips her hair while rockin’ out in Hong Kong. [Pink Is The New Blog]

:: Mash-up master Girl Talk is going on tour — check out the dates at the source. Seeing him live must be like seeing about 100 different music acts all at the same time, no? [Consequence Of Sound]

After the jump, find out which music acts are performing on the tube today.

Music On TV: :: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) — the Mountain Goats :: Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) — Randy Jackson, Travie McCoy :: Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) — Twilight Singers :: Last Call with Carson Daly (ABC) — Lucero :: Conan (TBS) — G. Love :: Lopez Tonight (TBS) — Bobby V & Bobby Brown :: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) — Bell Biv Devoe :: Ellen DeGeneres (ABC) — Kellie Pickler, Greyson Chance :: The View (ABC) — Plain White T’s :: The Talk (CBS) — Justin Bieber