A night for the boys at Wotyas.(DOOLEY'S DIARY)

Remember where you heard it: The Woman Of The Year Awards--Dooley prefers to call them the Wotyas, geddit?--settled into its extremely stylish Art Deco home at the Park Lane hotel last Wednesday, a step up from its old quarters at the intercontinental. While honouring director Janet Fraser Crook with the top accolade, it was mostly men who picked up the raffle prizes, with Sony BMG chief Rob Stringer going home with a Juicy Couture handbag ... On the subject of the awards, Mean Fiddler boss Vince Power made an appearance with his new company, Vince Power Music Group, on the list of sponsors ... Notwithstanding ongoing Copyright Tribunal issues, interesting to note the presence of MCPS-PRS boss Adam Singer at last week's PPL board meeting. Dooley understands that discussions begun by messrs Nevrkla and Hutchinson back in 2001 over potential trail-blazing partnerships in the public performance arena are now firmly back on the cards--with possible news due in the New Year ... It seems mightily early to Dooley, but Christmas party season got under way last Thursday night, with Sonopress staging their celebration at Destino Club in London's West End ... Just as lavish and equally as modest (not!) was the party at Victoria House to mark the launch of The Darkness's One Way Ticket To Hell ... And Back album, which saw Justin and co arriving on a horsedrawn carriage... How the world changes. Last year, the staff at Sony and BMG respectively were facing the insecurity of lay-offs ahead of the full merger of the two companies. This week, they bead the charge in the approach to Christmas, with seven out of the Top 10 albums this weekend ... Sway may be DIY but it certainly doesn't stop everyone trying to sign him. One publisher was so keen to get into ...