• Qtrax now has a deal with Universal Music Group for both recorded music and publishing. The P2P company had previously come to terms with EMI Music Publishing and Sony/ATV. (AP)

• The RIAA's Mitch Bainwol put in his two cents on net neutrality during testimony on the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Telecommunications and the Internet. He called the proposed bill "a touch premature" but added that government regulation may soon be required if the market cannot come to a solution. (Billboard.biz)

• Journey is the latest heritage act to get an inexpensive Wal-Mart exclusive release. Revelation, out June 3, is a three-disc set. One CD has 11 new songs with new singer Arnel Pineda. The other CD has 11 re-recorded Journey classics, and the DVD has a live concert. The package is going for $11.88 at Wal-Mart's website. The MP3 album has a pre-order price of $10.88. Revelation closely follows a two-CD greatest hits compilation by Tim McGraw that Wal-Mart sells for only $11.88.

• If you want to scroll through a list of TVT's unsecured creditors, take a gander. It offers a glimpse into the prices for many music industry services. Some of the larger amounts due are to lawyers, music publishers and Nielsen SoundScan ($27,000). For fun: Sheet #19 has an amount due to, and address for, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger. (TVT list of unsecured creditors of Scribd.com)

• An overview of day one at Digital NARM. (Hypebot)

• MTV and Harmonix have partnered with McDonald's to offer discount Rock Band downloads through through PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace. (WorthPlaying)

• What was behind the IAJE's collapse? "At least a part of the problem, we've learned, was an ill-advised return to Toronto in January, where attendance was barely above half the average for conferences in New York City and other venues." (All About Jazz)