Win a dotFM Domain From BRSMedia
BRS Media’s dotFM®, the exclusive worldwide registry for Web addresses ending in .FM, announced today its 11th Anniversary 11Day Twitter .FM Domain Giveaway leading up the 2009 NAB Show and RAIN Summit. To mark their 11th anniversary and coming sponsorship of the RAIN Summit in Las Vegas, BRS Media is giving away 11 .FM domain [...]
Two New Studies Reveal Internet Radio’s Audience is Up
Studies by American Media Services and Edison Media Research both indicate a growing Internet Radio audience. Earlier this week Edison Media released a few facts from its updated Infinite Dial Study, done jointly with Arbitron. The new info reveals that Internet radio’s US weekly audience is 42 million and that figure represents 17% of Americans [...]
Internet Radio Industry Moves to Webcast Metrics As Standard
Katz Online Network and Ando Media announced that they’ve reached an agreement that will allow all national sales agents in the digital audio space to utilize Webcast Metrics for audience measurement. Webcast Metrics is Ando Media’s server based audience measurement platform. Prior to this announcement, Katz Online Network had been the exclusive media representation firm [...]
Artist Compensation in a New Music Marketplace
It’s no secret that the music industry is embattled. Record companies, reeling from declining cd sales, are fighting to get new legislation passed that would require broadcasters to pay royalties for songs played on air. Online music services – both download and streaming, are attempting to find a workable business model, but remain at odds with [...]
Internet Radio’s RAIN Summit is 2 Weeks Away
RAIN’s Internet Radio Summit is April 20th at the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas. A one day event that takes place during the NAB’s huge annual convention, this year’s one day conference on Internet radio is shaping up to be the best ever. The RAIN Summit is always the biggest annual gathering of professionals related [...]
Teens Streaming More Music, Downloading Less
More than half of teens (ages 13 to 17) listened to music online in 2008, a big jump from the 34% that did so in 2007, according to new information released this week by The NPD Group, a leader in market research for the Music Industry. At the same time, teens were acquiring less music [...]
13 Stations’ Streams Measure Up In New PPM Report
Arbitron’s Monthly PPM Client Update for February, posted on their website, shows that 13 Streams of Eligible AM/FM stations reported above the minimum required cume rating in order to show up in their market PPM report as a standalone station. Arbitron’s PPM measurement service can measure listening to streams of AM/FM stations, provided that stations meet [...]
