• Live Nation is nearing a $150 million, 10-year deal with Jay-Z that would cover nearly every part of his career -- recorded music, publishing, licensing, live concerts and other business ventures (such as clothing). (Wall Street Journal)

• EMI Christian Music Group plans to lay off an unspecified number of employees from its Brentwood, Tennessee office. (AP)

• Ian Rogers is out as the head of Yahoo! Music and on his way to a start-up. (News.com)

• Country singer Taylor Swift has left CAA for William Morris Agency. (Hollywood Reporter)

• Canadian wireless carrier Rogers Wireless has an exclusive partnership with Live Nation to offer mobile ticketing in Canada. Mobile ticket buyers will get a special VIP line when entering the show. Nice perk. (Ticket News)

• If you haven't strolled over the Pennywise's MySpace page lately, the band's free album download started its two-week run on March 25. You have to have a MySpace account to get the album...which I do not. Click on the link at the top of the page, follow a few steps and you'll get a download link. (Pennywise at MySpace)

• Pitchfork has a list of upcoming releases, organized by Tuesday release dates, that stretches into July. (Pitchfork)