• SOHH reports it appears The Game has left G-Unit/Aftermath and has signed a five-album deal with Geffen that includes a distribution deal for his label, Black Wall Street. (SOHH)

• EMI has agreed to license its North American catalog -- minus The Beatles, one can assume -- to P2P service Mashboxx. (Billboard.biz)

• Rick Rubin rumored to produce the next Velvet Revolver album, Liberated. (MetalUnderground.com)

• RealNetworks announced record revenue of $89.4 million for the second quarter ending June 30th. If income from the Microsoft settlement is adjusted out, earnings drops to $4.8 million. Music revenues rose 21% to $30.1 million. (Press release)

• Download a PDF of the IFPI's 2006 piracy report. (IFPI)

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