Universal Music Publishing yesterday announced it had signed a worldwide exclusive publishing agreement with Canadian pop boy Justin Bieber. The deal will cover both Bieber's first album 'My World', on which the popster has four songwriting credits, and the upcoming new long player 'My World 2.0'. Bieber's record deal is with the US branch of Universal's Island Records.

Confirming the deal, Universal Publishing top man David Renzer told CMU: "Justin Bieber's incredible charisma, talent, and mass appeal is already clearly evident with the breakthrough success he is experiencing. Under the skilled direction of his manager Scooter Braun, we are confident that Justin will continue on his path toward global superstardom".

The there mentioned Braun added: "I'm excited for Justin to be with Universal Music Publishing Group as they look at him not only as an artist, but as a producer and a writer, and their belief in that is a long term vision. They are partnering with us to grow a career in a promising young man. I'm excited for Justin as he continues on his creative path".

But I know what you're all thinking: that's all well and good, but if Justin could pick any female teen c'leb off the Disney Channel to be his girlfriend, which one would she be? That's what we really need to know.

Well, good news, New York radio station Z100 posed that very question to Bieber this week, giving the fifteen year old pop kid two seventeen year olds to choose from, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, the former, of course, the poppy acting star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', the latter the poppy acting star of Disney's 'Wizards Of Waverly Place'.

Well, while conceding Gomez was pretty - "I think she is cute ... I think she is a cutie" - he said he didn't especially "like her", while on Ms Cyrus he quickly responded thus: "Nooooooooooooo... not my type".