![]() RAIN 8/31: Execs from Merlin, Triton Digital, jacAPPS and more to appear at RAIN Summit Chicago MEET MORE OF THE EXPERTS YOU’LL HEAR AT OUR UPCOMING CONFERENCERAIN Summit Chicago (now less than two weeks away!) will include more than![]() If you still haven’t registered to attend, please do so soon (here) — we’ve nearly sold-out! Joining our “Online Tools That Drive Offline Listening” will be Andy Friedman, VP of Internet Initiatives for the new headline-grabbing radio company Merlin Media. He and other panelists will discuss how stations are using social media, mobile apps, video and streaming to build their broadcast audience. Paul Jacobs, General Manager of jacAPPS (the mobile application division of Jacobs Media) will also join us at RAIN Summit Chicago. He’ll moderate our “How to Advertise to Mobile Listeners” panel, a discussion on monetizing mobile apps. Triton Digital’s Rob Favre, Chief Compliance Officer and GM of Data and Analytics, will share his expertise as part of our “Sizing up Your Audience” panel. That discussion will focus on Internet radio measurement services, metrics and more. Finally, industry attorney David Oxenford will join the “Talk to My Lawyer” panel to discuss current legal issues facing the industry. Oxenford is a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine and editor of the Broadcast Law Blog. RAIN Summit Chicago takes place September 13 at the Hyatt Regency. It will include a keynote presentation from Pandora founder Tim Westergren. The Summit is sponsored in part by TargetSpot, Arbitron and Radio-Info. iTUNES MATCH STREAMING APPARENTLY NOT QUITE WHAT IT SEEMSYesterday the web was abuzz![]() “The result is a service that acts just like a traditional streaming service, but one which may provide a better experience for users, especially in areas of unstable network coverage for those on the go,” writes MacRumors (here). PANDORA HIRES WUSN-FM GSM TARTAGLIACBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago (99.5) General Sales Manager Gabe Tartaglia has joined Pandora as a Regional Vice President for the Central Region.![]() Tartaglia will report to former Clear Channel Director of Sales Steven Kritzman, who joined Pandora earlier this month as Senior VP of Advertising Sales (RAIN coverage here). MOG COMING TO BMW DASHBOARDS, BOXEE TV DEVICEMusic subscription service MOG![]() MOG has also arrived as an app for Boxee Box — a web-connectd device for TVs. Boxee also offers apps for Pandora, Last.fm, TuneIn Radio and other music services. Engadget has more coverage here. share: del.icio.us. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CommentCommenting is closed for this article. ![]() RAIN has upgraded (and moved)! RAIN 9/13: RAIN Summit Chicago takes place today! RAIN 9/12: First Summit in RAIN's hometown takes place tomorrow RAIN 9/9: Summer holidays, "doldrums" impact July Webcast Metrics, but audience up over last year RAIN 9/8: Clear Channel launches new customizable iHeartRadio beta; RAIN goes hands-on RAIN 9/7: Meet more speakers you'll hear at RAIN Summit Chicago in less than a week RAIN 9/6: Clear Channel taps The Echo Nest to take on Pandora RAIN 9/2: RAIN reviews Spotify's radio-like product Artist Radio RAIN 9/1: UK online radio aggregator Radioplayer campaigns b'dcasters to create "all radio" ratings RAIN 8/31: Execs from Merlin, Triton Digital, jacAPPS and more to appear at RAIN Summit Chicago |



