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

Source: Wired

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

What good is an endless jukebox in the sky if you can only listen to it while you are sitting in front of your computer? [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

Pandora founder Tim Westergren announced on the company’s blog Thursday that he is reducing the workforce by 20 employees. The layoffs will shrink Pandora’s staff of 140 employees to 120. [MORE]

Source: CNET

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

While it may be good for Verizon, the additional charge is not good for any service that sends out millions of SMS messages each month. The move caught a lot of Internet companies, SMS aggregators, and media companies by surprise. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

The quest to put a radio tuner in every mobile device continues to move forward. Talks among radio groups, the NAB, cell phone carriers and the FCC are in motion, and if all goes well, supporters believe within five years every portable device could be equipped with a radio chip. Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan says “It’s the next big thing for the industry.”

Source: Inside Radio

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