 RAIN 9/8: Triton, TargetSpot execs to lead discussion on Net radio sales at RAIN D.C. Summit ·7 hours ago RAIN SUMMIT EAST PANEL TO HOST OVER 80 YEARS OF COMBINED RADIO EXPERIENCEThis year’s RAIN Summit East has such a packed agenda of speakers that it’s taking quite a few days to announce them all! Today we’re presenting the “Monetizing Internet Radio: From the Webcaster’s Perspective” panel. It complements the earlier “From the Advertiser’s Perspective” panel (which we’ll have more details on very soon). You can find the full agenda for RAIN Summit East here.
The panel includes Billy Freund of Triton Media, Andy Lipset of TargetSpot, Les Hollander of Pandora, Billy Freund is Executive Vice President with Triton Media Group (pictured left) and has 20 years experience developing, building, and managing sales and marketing operations. He has previously served as Senior Vice President for Westwood One and as a member of Katz Media Group.
RAIN Summit East is an official co-located event of the RAB/NAB Radio Show. It takes place Tuesday, September 28 in Washington D.C. The Summit will feature a long list of radio experts, from Bonneville president/CEO Bruce Reese to AccuRadio COO John Gehron. More details, and information on how to register, can be found here. We hope to see you there! MTV REMOVES URGE RADIO CHANNELS FROM VERIZON’S FiOS TVMTV’s Urge radio channels will no longer be heard through Verizon’s FiOS TV package, though they will still be available via AT&T’s U-Verse. Interestingly, Urge’s website has only a maintenance message. MTV reportedly “elected not to renew FiOS TV’s distribution of Urge Radio” under Verizon’s new carriage agreement. AllAccess has more coverage here.
SPARK RADIO ADDS MULTITAKSING IN iPHONE APP UPDATESpark Radio, an aggregator of over 24,000 Internet radio streams, has updated its iPhone app with iOS4 multitasking abilities. The app is also available at a discounted price, $1.99, down from their original launch price of $6 (RAIN coverage here). Other new features include the ability to view your song history and station ratings and reviews. Find Spark Radio’s press release here.share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
 Other stories RAIN 9/8: Triton, TargetSpot execs to lead discussion on Net radio sales at RAIN D.C. Summit RAIN 9/7: RAIN announces Summit speakers for panels on in-car listening, advertising, and royalties RAIN 9/3: RAIN Summit East programming panel hosts radio vets and new media pros alike RAIN 9/2: Apple makes iTunes experience more social, more "radio-like" RAIN 9/1: FilterMusic.net excels at helping you discover new streams RAIN 8/31: Pandora's Les Hollander to speak at RAIN Summit East RAIN 8/30: Former Forrester analyst to deliver second keynote of RAIN Summit East RAIN 8/27: Radio vet Bill Gamble to consult AccuRadio's country stations RAIN 8/26: Clear Channel's digital chief Evan Harrison to leave at end of year RAIN 8/25: Pandora spotlights improved "genre-based" listening options |
Dean Mandel of Katz 360 and moderator Deborah Parenti of Radio Ink.
Katz 360’s Vice President of Sales in New York, Dean Mandel (pictured right), joined Net Radio Sales in 2007 which was then acquired by Katz 360. He has served as Senior Account Executive for TeleRep and currently acts as Co-Chair of the 
