…the most desired feature was the ability to connect an iPod or other MP3 player to the vehicle… [MORE]

Source: Radio Ink

…Radio Paradise, Slacker Radio, College Radio Tuner, and Tuner Internet Radio are four applications that, in principle, do exactly the same thing: stream Internet radio to your iPhone or iPod touch. But, while they’re designed to perform the same task, each of these apps has a completely different focus. [MORE]

Source: Macworld

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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As if being the No. 1 free iPhone app of 2008 wasn’t enough for Pandora, it has launched version 2.0 of its app just six days into 2009. [MORE]

Source: cnet

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

Source: Macworld

The firm, Paragon Media Strategies, reports that 14- to 24-year-olds mostly say their radio listening has increased over the last year or two, while they said the opposite last year. [MORE]

Source: New York Times

Steve Jobs decreed the price of digital music to be 99 cents per download over five years ago, but competing with free has been difficult for Apple and others that have followed in its footsteps. Jobs himself admitted that only three percent of the music on iPods was purchased from the iTunes music store. [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