After two years of uncertainty, Pandora’s future has finally been secured. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

he House Judiciary Committee has, as expected, passed HR 848, the Performance Rights Act, which would impose performance royalties on radio. The NAB applauded the nine committee members who voted against the bill, saying that shows there is “considerable bipartisan opposition to a performance tax.”

Source: Radio Ink

Google Inc.’s foray into selling radio ads was supposed to show how its online-advertising brainpower could revolutionize an old-fashioned people business. [MORE]

Source: The Wall Street Journal

The world of radio station streaming just became more competitive. Pandora, the largest internet radio provider, signs a deal with Ando Media that will put its ratings side-by-side with station webcasts. Ando EVP Paul Krasinski says advertisers will get a “truer picture” of how large the internet radio audience is.

Source: Inside Radio

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

Source: Radio Ink

Industry experts say that radio can embrace technology and sustain its popularity. Growing sales of digital sets worldwide certainly lend strength to that theory. [MORE]

Source: BBC News

New technologies have made radio a visual medium. In order to compete, stations need to have interactive Web sites with photos, blogs, podcasts, downloads, polls, contests, and video. Due to the popularity of videos online, DJs are becoming VJs. On-air personalities are online personalities creating video blogs, behind the scenes videos, music news videos, promotional videos with advertisers, etc.

Is this good or bad? That kind of depends on the content you create and how comfortable you personalities are in front of a camera. If you are capable of creating a compelling product with relatable hosts than this can be great. If you can’t then don’t waste your time cheapening your brand. (more…)

…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

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