Web Radio Darling Pandora Breathes Easier, For Now
Monday, September 29th, 2008Last night the House passed a bill that essentially gives Pandora and other Webcasters the ability to negotiate with the music business over royalty rates. [MORE]
Posts Tagged ‘pandora’
Traditional radio tries to block fee reduction for Webcasters?
Friday, September 26th, 2008Congress expected to move on copyright, Internet radio issues
Friday, September 26th, 2008ITunes Crashes Music Recommendation Party; Rivals Rejoice
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008Adding streaming radio to Apple TV
Friday, September 5th, 2008SoundExchange Head Likes Pandora But Says It Needs Audio Ads
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008SoundExchange head Jon Simson is the last person on the planet we expected to hear talking about how great Pandora’s streaming radio service is. After all, his organization proposed the very same royalty rates enacted by the US Copyright Royalty Board that threaten to put Pandora out of business. [MORE]
Source: Wired
Music Biz *Still* Trying to Kill Web Radio
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008If you’re a fan of new music and easily offended by corporate thuggishness, you may not want to read my colleague Peter Whoriskey’s story from Saturday’s paper about the possible demise of the Pandora Web-radio service. [MORE]
Source: The Washington Post
Perhaps Pandora Must Be Our Sacrificial Lamb
Sunday, August 17th, 2008Pandora made a bold political statement today, saying they’d likely shut down rather than continue to pay exorbitant fees to play music to listeners of its massively popular service. [MORE]
Source: TechCrunch
Internet Radio’s “Last Stand”
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Last.FM Needs More Than A Redesign To Catch Up To Imeem
Friday, August 15th, 2008Yesterday, CBS sent out a press release touting the success of Last.fm’s month-old redesign, citing a 20 percent increase in unique visitors and a 36 percent increase in total minutes between June and July. Despite a few bugs on the day of the launch, the redesign seems to be paying off. But why is CBS so keen on beating its chest when it comes to Last.fm? [MORE]