• Album sales last week were 13.5% lower than the same week last year. Death Cab For Cutie's Narrow Stairs (Atlantic) debut at #1 with sales of 144,000. (Billboard.biz)

• Chinese search engine Zhongsou has been found guilty of copyright infringement by the Copyright Bureau of Hebei province and Cangzhou city. (IFPI press release)

• Senators Olympia Snowe and Claire McCaskill have written FCC chairman Kevin Martin asking for conditions on an XM-Sirius merger: a divestiture of half their combined spectrum, enabling interested manufacturers to develop equipment for the merged company, and a ban on exclusive deals with automakers. (Radio Ink)

• A good article on energy use, live concerts and Boston area efforts to reduce waste. Said Brian Allenby of Reverb, "Seventy to 80 percent of the CO2 footprint of a show is fans driving to and from the show." (Boston Herald)

• The sixth season of "Nashville Star" will start on June 9 on NBC. It was previously on USA Networks. Billy Ray Cyrus will be the host and Jewel, John Rich and Jeffrey Stelle will be the three judges. (TV Grapevine, via Nashville Cream)

• Three Napster shareholders are a long shot to get appointed to the company's board of directors and implement their turnaround plan. (Silicon Alley Insider)

• The three tracks that were removed from the U.S. release of Be Your Own Pet's Get Awkward by Universal Records (due to their violent nature) will be released as a mini-EP by XL Recordings. (Pitchfork)

• last.fm has rolled out some new features to subscribers: a new library, real-time charts, activity feeds and podcasts, among others. (last.fm blog, via Mashable)