Net Radio In Danger As Royalty Rates Jump
It’s a sad day for fans of music on the internet and the creative broadcasters who program it. Internet broadcasters already pay higher overall royalties than over-the-air broadcasters do, but. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Risking Irrelevance
Media consultant Jerry Del Colliano is calling on broadcast radio to get involved aggressively and creatively in internet broadcasting or risk becoming dinosaurs when universal WiFi becomes available. "They’ve lost. Continue reading
KCRW Gets $500K To Experiment Online
LA’s KCRW-FM has been awarded a $500,000 grant from The Annenberg Foundation to develop business models to sustain webcasting activities and further its innovative online music service. The station has. Continue reading
Who Needs Broadcast Radio? Microsoft To Unveil Sync
Both General Motors and Ford will unveil a deal with Microsoft in the coming months that will put the software company’s technology into some automobiles, The Wall Street Journal reported. Continue reading
Mecora & PopMatters Partner To Promote Indie Play
UPDATED: PopMatters, a web based cultural criticism magazine and social radio network Mercora have launched of Listen Up! to offer labels increased promotion and publicity for their artists on both. Continue reading
UPDATED STORY & COMMENTARY: YouTube Indie Label Talks Falter. Cease & Desist Orders Fly.
EXCLUSIVE: Informed sources tell Hypebot that talks between new trade organization Merlin and YouTube over payments to independent labels for music used on the site have broken down and legal. Continue reading
Chinese Baidu.com & EMI Launch Ad Supported Music Streams
Baidu.com, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider and EMI will launch an ad supported online music streaming service in what they believe is a landmark revenue-sharing arrangement between an. Continue reading
Watch Out Sirius & XM! Internet For The Car Is Here.
Seamless wireless internet service is coming for your car. This year for only $49 a month. It won’t matter if you’re a Verizon, Cingular or Sprint customer. This one taps. Continue reading
XM On Your iPod. Sirius On Your Computer And Cell.
The lines between new media and their delivery systems continue to blur as technologies advance and consumers demand multi-function devices. Apple has filed a patent application that allows the user. Continue reading
Blogmusik.net – A Free Virtual iPod
It’s the original Napster…version Web 2.0 Acting like a personal jukebox with one heck of a music library, new site Blogmusik offers an iPod-like interface where you to type in. Continue reading
A Look At YouTube By The Numbers
YouTube hosts over six million videos, growing at about 20 percent every month. The videos take up 45 terabytes of storage — about 5,000 home computers’ worth. The total time. Continue reading
