Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Nineteen percent of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast, according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. [MORE]
Tags: download, on-demand, podcast, radio, stream
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the advertising industry’s ANA/AAAA Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent jointly announced an agreement to extend, through March 31, 2009… [MORE]
Tags: actors, ad insertion, aftra, commercials, online, streaming, streams
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
In a move that reflects the growing importance of digital revenues to radio’s bottom line, CBS Radio is reorganizing its top management, the radio group’s president and CEO Dan Mason announced earlier this week. [MORE]
Tags: cbs, digital, new technology, online, radio, revenue, web
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
To music lovers for whom a 160GB iPod classic is still disappointingly small, Internet radio gives the iPhone and iPod touch an unlimited capacity for music. [MORE]
Tags: internet, iphone, ipod, mobile, music, radio, stream
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
A new, cube-shaped radio called the elements W supports both Internet radio and good old FM broadcasts and is on sale now… [MORE]
Tags: fm, internet, radio, stations, stream
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
JamLegend takes the familiar anyone-can-be-a-rockstar model made popular by videogames likeGuitar Hero and Rock Band and puts it on the Web. [MORE]
Tags: game, guitar hero, jamlegend, music, rock band, web
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
BMI’s revenues topped $901 million last year and $224 million of it came from radio. Total revenues were up 7% last year, allowing the music performing rights company to distribute a record $786 million to songwriters and composers. Can radio afford to pay more? The record labels are pushing to get Congress to undo radio’s exemption from a performance-based royalty that could add from $2 to $7 billion in new fees.
Tags: bmi, composers, congress, fees, music, radio, record labels, songwriters
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
If you want to listen to your iPod or iPhone in your car, you have precious few options. [MORE]
Tags: car, fm, free, iphone, ipod, listen, music, radio, transmitter
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
The audiophile “disease” was identified more than a half century ago in Time magazine, but there’s still no cure in sight. [MORE]
Tags: audiophile, disease, listen, music, sound
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
No one knows exactly when Apple commercials morphed into musical tastemakers, but being featured in an Apple ad doesn’t just turn musicians into household names — it often translates to a substantial increase in sales. [MORE]
Tags: ads, apple, hits, music, radio, variety
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