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24/7 Online Artist Channels Point to Radio's Future

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:21:01 CDT

Musicians want to connect with fans, and radio needs to survive in the Web 2.0 era: Enter artist personal experience (a.p.e.) radio. Clear Channel launches the 24/7 online channels, featuring artists’ personal radio shows, next month. “We feel that the old model of trying to get...

Interest Grows in Music-for-Rent

Laila Weir — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:32:16 CST

After years of the iTunes model dominating digital music sales, the time for subscription music services could be near. So far, fewer than 3 million Americans have signed up for such services. But as customizable online radio stations and social networks where users sample and recommend music grow in popularity,...

Web Radio Takes Fight to Senate

Kevin Spak — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:39:35 CDT

Internet radio hangs in the balance, webcasters say, but the Senate Commerce Committee, which holds radio hearings today, can save it by reviving bills setting royalty rates for online broadcasters as low as satellite radio's. Legislators introduced the bills this spring, the Post explains, when the Copyright Royalty Board jacked...

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Dustin Lushing — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:26:56 CDT

It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.