Cadillac has announced the availability of an in-car wireless Internet option on its CTS sport sedan beginning in April. The new option will be called Cadillac WiFi (sic) by Autonet and be dealer-installed. [MORE]

Source: cnet

…young people are not turning on their radio to discover new music; they’re certainly not sticking around through the commercials to listen to new music on a radio station. No, sir, that’s what the Internet is for, and that’s why your business has no future. [MORE]

Source: CruchGear

February 16, 2009: The NAB and SoundExchange have come to an agreement on Internet streaming rates for local radio stations that simulcast their programming online or create new Internet-only stations. [MORE]

Source: Radio Ink

Another advance Ford is promising is the ability to synchronize applications from mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone with the car. That would mean, apparently, being able to run applications like Pandora, via the iPhone, by using control buttons on the car’s steering wheel. Similarly, it should be possible for drivers to get access and manipulate their Facebook or MySpace accounts using voice commands. [MORE]

Source: cnet

Along with the Live services, you also get real-time traffic information, which is updated every two to five minutes. You’ll be alerted to any delays via audio prompts, and if there are any incidents along your course, you can choose to continue on the same path with an updated time of arrival or reroute around the problem. [MORE]

Source: cnet

With music and content available almost everywhere, how does the radio industry compete? The average person, with little effort, can receive a huge variety of music, talk, and information on their computers, mobile phone, GPS devices, and now through their car stereos. Blaupunkt and miRoamer will be announcing a new car radio that will not only receive AM and FM radio, but also connect to thousands of internet radio stations. Should the radio industry be concerned or are the multitude of devices and technologies too confusing for the average person?

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Blaupunkt and miRoamer will announce a partnership at CES that will put internet radio into car dashboards for the first time. [MORE]

Source: Wired

Over the objections of television broadcasters and other groups, federal regulators set aside a disputed slice of radio spectrum for public use on Tuesday, hoping it would lead to low-cost, high-speed Internet access and new wireless devices. [MORE]

Source: The New York Times

After a 19-month battle over Internet radio royalties, a truce between record labels and webcasters is finally in sight that would allow Internet radio start-ups to eke out an existence for at least a little while longer. [MORE]

Source: New York Times

Internet radio is an excellent way to discover new music, but, as the name implies, you need an Internet connection. The folks over at Slacker have an Internet radio service which you can enjoy without a constant Internet connection. [MORE]

Source: Macworld