Online music is confusing these days.
After years of tweaking and rewording agreements, commercial webcasters have agreed to royalty rates for music they stream online, according to a statement from SoundExchange, a not-for-profit organization that collects and distributes digital music royalties.
After years of tweaking and rewording agreements, commercial Webcasters have agreed to royalty rates for music they stream online, according to a statement from SoundExchange, a not-for-profit organization that collects and distributes digital music royalties.
Stand on any street in your town and you'll witness a trend that began 30 years ago with the invention of the Walkman: music lovers walking around wearing headphones.
"I really don't mind everybody second-guessing," Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin tells me, though his tone screams otherwise.
Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates
As a musician, Tim Westergren knows the importance of staying close to the fans. These days his main gigs are with devotees of Pandora, the online radio service that creates playlists around users' favorite songs and boasts over 12 million registrants. In 2006, on a trip to Austin, Westergren, 42, launched Pandora's "meet-ups" with a casual blog post inviting local listeners to a café. Now the town-hall-style meetings are a big part of his job. Though the ad-supported site is still not profitable, its users are key allies in the royalty battle between online radio and the record industry. We caught up with Westergren in Oakland, where Pandora is based.
Internet radios are kind of like the Jerry Lewis of consumer electronics--apparently they're really big in Europe, but you don't hear much about them in the states.
Apple's AirPort Express Base Station has always been remarkable in that it is networking hardware that people actually seem to get excited about.
While the MacBook Air was certainly the sex symbol of Steve Jobs's MacWorld keynote today, the product with the biggest impact may be the new Apple TV.
Online music is confusing these days.
After years of tweaking and rewording agreements, commercial webcasters have agreed to royalty rates for music they stream online, according to a statement from SoundExchange, a not-for-profit organization that collects and distributes digital music royalties.
After years of tweaking and rewording agreements, commercial Webcasters have agreed to royalty rates for music they stream online, according to a statement from SoundExchange, a not-for-profit organization that collects and distributes digital music royalties.
Stand on any street in your town and you'll witness a trend that began 30 years ago with the invention of the Walkman: music lovers walking around wearing headphones.
"I really don't mind everybody second-guessing," Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin tells me, though his tone screams otherwise.
Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates
As a musician, Tim Westergren knows the importance of staying close to the fans. These days his main gigs are with devotees of Pandora, the online radio service that creates playlists around users' favorite songs and boasts over 12 million registrants. In 2006, on a trip to Austin, Westergren, 42, launched Pandora's "meet-ups" with a casual blog post inviting local listeners to a café. Now the town-hall-style meetings are a big part of his job. Though the ad-supported site is still not profitable, its users are key allies in the royalty battle between online radio and the record industry. We caught up with Westergren in Oakland, where Pandora is based.
Internet radios are kind of like the Jerry Lewis of consumer electronics--apparently they're really big in Europe, but you don't hear much about them in the states.
Apple's AirPort Express Base Station has always been remarkable in that it is networking hardware that people actually seem to get excited about.
While the MacBook Air was certainly the sex symbol of Steve Jobs's MacWorld keynote today, the product with the biggest impact may be the new Apple TV.
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Black Sunday has come and gone, and Internet radio has managed to live and play for another day.
New royalty rates may doom many small stations and the struggling musicians who depend on them.
If, like me, you're a fan of Internet radio sites such as Pandora or Live365, you'll have to find something else to listen to Tuesday. Dozens of online broadcasters have stopped playing music, in protest of a new levy the government and the music labels are about to impose.
If, like me, you're a fan of Internet radio sites such as Pandora or Live365, you'll have to find something else to listen to next Tuesday. That's the day dozens of online broadcasters go silent, in protest of a new levy the government and the music labels are about to impose.
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