Billboard's Bill Werde was asked about the anticipated releases of 2008 and here's what he said regarding the upcoming Madonna record:

"I think there's going to be probably more curiosity about this Madonna record than there has been in a Madonna record in a long time, if only to see sort of what her send-off is from Warner Brothers. You know, Madonna did sign this deal with Live Nation, and it got quite a bit of attention as an industry-changing deal, where she basically left her record label and signed with a tour-promotion company that's looking to get into the record business."

Source: marketplace.publicradio.org, Madonna Fanzine