• Album sales were down 4.6% versus the same week last year. (Billboard.biz)

• Amazon.com MP3 has launched an music clips widget that bloggers and website owners can use to showcase any of the site's five million MP3 tracks. If signed up in Amazon.com's affiliate program, users can get up to 10% in referral fees from each purchase. (Press release

• In a deal that covers 35 countries, Universal Music Group's music will be available at ad-supported on-demand music site Deezer. (Press release)

• Qtrax, a service that is far from winning me over, has inked a licensing deal with Warner/Chappell. (Digital Media Wire)

• Because Sir Howard Stringer has a thing for Natasha Bedingfield, goes one theory, he will bid for Bertelsmann's half of the joint venture when the shareholder agreement allows for it in about a year. (The Guardian)

• For those of you in or around Nashville, Mix Nashville ("two full days of music production panels, performances, master classes and technology demos") will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. (Mix Nashville)