• NPD Group research reveals hip hop accounted for 23% of all ringtone sales in July. Roc was 17%, pop was 11% and alternative was 8%. Women downloaded 53% of all ringtones. (Hits Rumor Mill)

• The Internet is about democratization, but wireless has the starpower: Beyonce's music and fashion line will be the object of a mobile game being developed by Starwave Mobile. (Press Release)

• Add the Barenaked Ladies to the list of artists selling their music on their MySpace page. At the $0.89 per track price point, the band is actually taking in less than Snocap gets per sale; Snocap takes $0.45 per track and splits it with MySpace. (Barenaked Ladies at MySpace, via Digital Music News)

• This CNNMoney.com article says demand for MP3 players at Best Buy is cooling off. The retailers is shifting toward flatscreen televisions to compensate. (CNNMoney.com)