Legendary jazz fest organizer George Wein announced yesterday that he has partnered with CareFusion, a spinoff of Cardinal Health, to produce several future festivals, including the recently canceled New York Jazz Festival. Wein, 83, sold the rights to his festival series, including the iconic Newport Jazz Festival in 2008, to Festival Network, who subsequently failed to pay outstanding bills and lost the rights to the series. The new series will launch on August 7th with George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. [BostonHerald.com]

The mystery over a missing piece of Harlem jazz history has been solved. The sign for the Big Apple jazz club, a little known club that opened during the ’30s, has been found, having originally disappeared after the building that housed the long-closed club was renovated a few years ago. [NYTimes.com]

Rapper Nas and reggae artist Damian Marley have been previewing selections from the pair’s upcoming full-length album while performing on the Rock the Bells tour. You can watch a trailer for the album at the duo’s MySpace page. [Billboard.com]

Nine Inch Nails have announced the band’s final dates, which include a series of shows in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles to mark the end of the band’s career. This announcement comes after NIN’s performance at Bonnaroo, which Trent Reznor claimed would be the group’s last gig in the U.S. [NME.com]

Defunct ’90s grunge superstars Soundgarden are thinking about putting together a new box set, according to lead singer Chris Cornell. Although Cornell denied rumors of an impending reunion, he did say the band is interested in producing a collection of B-sides and rarities. [RollingStone.com]

The long-rumored Melvins remix album is now set for release this year. The album, titled Chicken Switch, features reworkings of the influential alt-metal band’s songs by various avant-garde leaning artists, including Matmos, Eye Yamatsuka, and Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo. [Rock-a-Rolla.com]

After a two year legal battle, record labels and online radio stations have reached an agreement over royalty rates for streaming music. [NYTimes.com]