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Business and Tech Stories of 2007
Wired magazine columnist Eliot Van Buskirk shares the business and technology developments that drove the music industry in 2007.
Eliot Van Buskirk's top stories of 2007 (with help from readers of his blog, Listening Post)
- Radiohead's "In Rainbows" release
- Two major labels moved away from digital-rights management
- New royalty rates for Internet radio stir controversy
- The rise of ad-supported and sponsored music
- The dawn of the age of the connected music player
- The so-called "360 degree" record deal
- Album sales really drop off
- RIAA steps up campaign against file sharers, wins court victory
- Universal Music Group CEO reveals perplexing digital strategy [from Wired profile by Seth Mnookin]
- The return and re-imagining of the music video
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