Bronfman clears up the situation.(Dooley's Diary)

Remember where you beard it: Edgar Bronfman Jnr was unsurprisingly in an upbeat mood when Dooley caught up with him last Monday, even though he had spent most of the day answering the same questions from the Fourth Estate. "We have a clear idea directionally," he insisted, before declining to go into any detail. "We only signed it three hours ago--we ran an all-nighter." A useful excuse ... The Glitterati derby continues with at least one high-profile US A&R man flying across the Atlantic for last week's London show. With the NME still raving about the Universal-published act, expect an announcement soon ... Meanwhile, look for V2's Jamie Binns and Malcolm Dunbar to confirm the signing of Estelle this week. Having heard the track she has recorded with Daniel Bedingfield (also managed by the ascendant Empire). Dooley confirms she will be huge ... While KaZaA's advertising campaign launched last week Lo a few ruffled feathers, word has ii that Aim's commercial arm Musicindie continues to mull over a new version of the trial it carried out earlier this year with label Cooking Vinyl and through P2P service KaZaA's secure technology Altnet Back in May, the one-off pilot scheme offered pre-release downloads through KaZaA but, after a lull since then, there may be some new activity on the horizon in that arena. "There is still a way to go in terms of a long-term business model," one source suggests But Dooley hears some kind of credit system for sharing legit files could be under discussion ... Some big names from the UK business found themselves in dark, rainy Stockholm for the Access All Areas event last Wednesday and Thursday. Among them were Aim's Alison Wenham--looking fighting fit after her recent operation Billy Bragg manager Pete Jenner--who had flown straight in from the US altar a three-week tour--and, in celebrity interview, Tony Parsons, ...