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December 2007
- Jay-Z Leaves Def Jam Post
  
  E! Online | Dec 24, 07 7:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is stepping down as president of Def Jam Records at the end of the year. The busy rapper is leaving on good terms after two years, a span in which he signed new stars such as Ne-Yo and Rihanna, E! Online reports. Jay-Z, whose American Gangster CD currently rules the charts, will still record for Def Jam's Roc-a-Fella label. More »
- 2 Music Pioneers Talk Shop
  
  Wired | Dec 20, 07 9:57 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - David Byrne and Thom Yorke don’t have much of anything nice to say about record labels, but they’re both excited about the contemporary musician’s access to audiences. The famous frontman from Talking Heads interviews the Radiohead impresario for Wired , and the latter says it was an “obvious” decision to self-release the group's latest record—and a treat to avoid the “silly games” of courting journalists. More »
- Celine's Heart Will Go On
  
  Associated Press | Dec 16, 07 12:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Celine Dion bid a emotional farewell to Las Vegas last night, wrapping her nearly 5-year run at Caesars Palace and admitting that she once wanted to nix the show, the AP reports. She told the audience of 4,000-plus that she had wanted to raise her son instead, but the show was already bankrolled. "I wanted to be more successful as a mother than as a singer," she said. More »
- Zep Show a Whole Lotta Love
  
  E! Online | Dec 11, 07 2:42 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Until tonight, Led Zeppelin hadn't played a full concert in close to 30 years. But it's clear the band still has a whole lotta love for performing, reports E!. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, blew the roof off London's O2 Arena, packed to its 16,000-seat capacity, at a tribute concert to Atlantic Records exec Ahmet Ertegun. More »
- Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry
  
  New York Times | Dec 8, 07 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 star free agent, as Radiohead and others turned down major-label contracts, becoming economically viable independents. More »
- Interest Grows in Music-for-Rent
  
  BusinessWeek | Dec 7, 07 2:32 PM CST

Stories

Jay-Z Leaves Def Jam Post

2 Music Pioneers Talk Shop

Celine's Heart Will Go On

Zep Show a Whole Lotta Love

Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

Interest Grows in Music-for-Rent