Streaming Music That’s Out of This World
Project Calliope is a satellite that will function as a music instrument in space. The satellite will have an “ionospheric detector” which will transmit “sonifiable data” for web streaming. Sandy Antunes, one of the partners in the project, explains it as just like having a MIDI keyboard or MIDI drum in space, only the sensors are [...]
mp3′s Impact on the Music Industry
An article in Pitchfork provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of music sales and the impact of the mp3 format on it. Basically, by eliminating middlemen, digital music tore control of music away from the major record companies and put it in the hands of the listeners. The nature of the established music industry [...]
A Delicious List of Websites
Time Magazine has published a list of 50 Best Websites, which will provide me with several hours of surfing. Without checking out any of the ones I haven’t heard of, I am delighted to see Delicious sitting at #3, although I would have put it at number one. Delicious, a social bookmarking site owned by [...]
BigChampagne Knows Who’s Listening
Music tracking, both online and offline, legit and not so, is big business for BigChampagne. The company, which recently announced a measurement deal with Universal, has done well in recent years by specializing in tracking music consumption across multiple platforms. As consumer listening behavior has shifted, this service has become more and more valuable. According [...]
Visa Signs Up With iheartradio
Clear Channel’s on demand channel “Stripped” will now be available as a full time digital radio station, offering archived programming from the company’s collection of live artist performances and interviews. The new 24/7 station is integrated into the iheartradio platform and exclusively sponsored by Visa Signature. Visa’s sponsorship also includes on-air talent endorsements, a “channel [...]
iTunes Sells 25% of US Music
25% of the music sold in the US is sold by iTunes, according to information released by NPD Group. Overall music sales breakout as 35% digital and 65% cd sales, which indicates that while cd sales are still dominant, they’re losing ground rapidly to digital download sales. Last year 30% of the music units sold [...]
BlogTalkRadio Gets Presidential
BlogTalkRadio, an innovative, multi-channel streaming platform that aggregates talk radio programs, will host President Obama live on wednesday on a program called 40 Minutes for Health Reform. The show is hosted by a group called Faith for Health, and according to a report in Techcrunch, “the President’s part will be the last 10 minutes of [...]
Study: Advertisers Get What They Pay For With Online Ads
A recently published study of the effectiveness of online display advertising showed that branded content sites consistently outperform portals on key metrics . The study, done by Dynamic Logic for the Online Publishers Association, measured purchase intent – in other words, it looked beyond the clicks to understand the value of the click to the [...]
Katz 360 Launches Display Network
Katz 360, the digital arm of Katz Media Group that was born when Katz bought Net Radio Sales, announced a partnership this week with Rubicon Project, a banner/display ad network. According to Brian Benedik, President of Katz 360, they’ve been looking to create an ad banner solution for its group of stations for a while. [...]
