Top Digital Music Stories of 2007 - from WNYC's Soundcheck

On WNYC's  Soundcheck, WIRED magazine columnist Eliot Van Buskirk talks to John Schaefer & shares the business and technology developments that drove the music industry in 2007:

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Van Buskirk's top stories of 2007, with the help from readers of his blog, Listening Post were:

• 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