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Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

On In Rainbows : a business watershed

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 8, 2007 5:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Born of a “stoned philosophical conversation about the value of music,” Radiohead’s voluntary-pay download arrangement for its In Rainbows album has, the New York Times argues, made 2007 a watershed for the music industry. This year saw the creation of the music... Read full story »

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