Music Money Roundup: Bieber, Buffett, Beans and Bronfman

"Psst. Barack. Make Bieber pay more, too!"

It's the middle of August and most major music executives have long ago set up their out-of-office email alerts, as have their assistants, and their assistants' assistants. But interesting news continues to percolate out of the music and entertainment world.

In the first installment of what will become a regular feature on this blog, we take a look at some of the more interesting tidbits to emerge in the past week. Here are a few:

Did Justin Bieber...