• Breakout by Miley Cyrus tops the album chart with a pretty decent first week tally of 371,000 units. Sugarland's Love on the Inside is the runner up with 314,000. (Billboard.biz)

• Big Brother Recordings, the imprint of rock band Oasis, has signed a North American distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records. The next Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, will be released on October 7. (Press release)

• Rhapsody's MP3 store has an exclusive on the U2 catalog in the MP3 format. (The Real Story)

• Those Yahoo "sorry we don't support DRM any longer" refunds can be Rhapsody credits. (PC Mag)

• The Telegraph has an article on U2 and its manager, Paul McGuiness. Good reading and good insight into their approach to a changing industry. One tidbit that relates to the band's upcoming album, due out in October: "...I think the industry as a whole is missing the opportunity to produce the digital visual coefficient [of an album sleeve]. And watch this space because it's something U2 are addressing on their next album." (The Telegraph)

• Right as the parties signed a memorandum of understanding that brought them together to fight piracy, a letter from the BPI rubbed British ISPs the wrong way. Maybe it was this part: "BPI may determine that it is necessary to bring legal action against one or more ISPs under current legislation to protect its members' rights, notwithstanding any steps that may be taken pursuant to the MoU." Media speculation about a £30 ISP tax didn't go over too well either. (The Guardian)

• Sister Ray Records in London has gone into administration, the equivalent to U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (The Telegraph)

• Warner Music Group was surprised to find that most visitors to its WAP-based Paramore site use the T-Mobile Sidekick. That doesn't surprise me. Been to a concert in the last few years? They're everywhere. (SearchCRM.com)

• Even though it can be obtained for free at the NIN website, The Slip has made it to #15 on eMusic's album chart. Buyers know it is free at nin.com but get it at eMusic anyway. They're buying it at Amazon.com, too, where it was consistently a top seller when priced at $5...its ranking looks to have dropped since the price was raised to $8.99. But it's still selling. (Digital Audio Insider)

• This is what happens when record label websites have Google AdWords. (Hypebot)