Stream terrestrial radio to your iPhone or iPod touch. [MORE]

Source: Macworld

Talk Radio helps talk radio enthusiasts locate when and on what local radio frequency they can find their favorite syndicated talk radio programs.  [MORE]

Source: Macworld

Chris Anderson’s long tail theory posits that technology has enabled companies to earn significant revenue by selling seemingly insignificant amounts of lots of lesser-known media, in addition to the tried and true method of selling millions of copies of a few hits. While there’s plenty of evidence to support his theory in the music world, attendees of the conference heard one executive claim that the long tail is dead, insofar as mobile music goes. [MORE]

Source: Wired

Clear Channel’s radio stations are now accessible on Apple’s iPhone or iPod Touch. The application, iHeartRadio, an extension of the company’s Web site (www.iHeartMusic.com), is available for free through Apple’s iTunes and the iPhone application store. [MORE]

Source: Mediaweek

The original iPhone and iPod touch were terrific devices for playing music you’d placed on them. With the advent of the App Store, they’re now capable of playing music streamed from such online music services as Pandora, Last.fm, and AOL. But what about terrestrial radio? Weather Underground’s WunderRadio has you covered. [MORE]

Source: Macworld

Apple has threatened to shut down the iTunes music store if an obscure three-person board appointed by the Librarian of Congress increase the royalties paid to publishers and songwriters by six cents per song. [MORE]

Source: Wired

In what may well stand as a defining moment in the maturation of Apple’s App Store, Tapulous has announced that it has partnered with the band Nine Inch Nails to release a premium version of its popular game Tap Tap Revenge some time in October. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

What is radio going to look like in the future? There are a lot of opinions, both positive and negative. One strong possibility is that radio is going evolve into something new and exciting – something beyond terrestrial and satellite. A new breed of smartphones are on the streets and shaking things up, including radio. Are you ready for Radio 2.0?

With T-Mobile launching it’s iPhone-like G1 based on Google’s Android software, more mobile music applications will be in the hands of the general public. This new breed of smartphones are intuitive and feature rich. It doesn’t take the average person very long to learn how to navigate and use many of the powerful features these devices provide, including music related apps that are a very popular application category. With Pandora, Last.fm, and the ability to access a multitude of radio station’s streams, more and more people are finding that radio transmissions aren’t the only way to get the music they like. Smartphones still have issues with connection speeds, battery life, etc. but eventually these issues will be worked out.

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FlyCast offers more than 1,000 digital channels for every genre of music, terrestrial radio, weather, talk and traffic. [MORE]

Source: Macworld

Your copy of iTunes plays streaming radio. Your iPhone can do the same with the right application—and that right application might be Pandora Radio, AOL Radio, Tuner Internet Radio, StreamItAll Radio, and allRadio. But how about the Apple TV? [MORE]

Source: Macworld