• Hits predicts Justin Timberlake's album should have done about 700,000 in its first week of release. John Mayer, who is getting some unexpected blog love, is looking at 240,000. Bob Segar should come in under 100,000. (Hits Rumor Mill)

• Qtrax continues to get more press than it is likely to get customers: The yet-to-be-released, ad-supported P2P service has inked a licensing deal with Warner Music Group. EMI and TVT are already on board. The iPod and the Zune, however, will not be on board. (Digital Music News)

• Maybe this is old news, but it's the first I saw it: Epic Records has dropped INXS in the U.S. (The Daily Telegraph)

• The biggest part of the news about the Rhapsody/Sandisk partnership that will create a portable music player that will be integrated with the online music service? Rhapsody is ditching Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM for its own technology. And why not? PlaysForSure doesn't work with the iPod, and it won't work with the Zune. (Press Release)

• Jupiter Research finds that 83% of all iPod owners do not buy digital music at least once a month, and only 5% of the music on the typical iPod came from an online music store. (BBC News)

• Entertainment Weekly lists 25 albums it can't wait to hear. Topping the list is Jay-Z's Kingdom Come. (Entertainment Weekly)