 RAIN 6/2: NME to launch webcast; Webcast Metrics April rankings ·Jun 2, 11:20 AM RENOWNED UK MUSIC MAG TO LAUNCH NET RADIO: UK music magazine NME (New Musical Express) will be launching their OVERALL GROWTH IN NEW WEBCAST METRICS RATINGS: Total AQH (Average Quarter Hour) grew 12.8% for the Top 20 internet radio stations from last month’s figures (Monday-Friday 6AM- 8 PM) reveals the new April 2008 Webcast Metrics ratings. Some of the largest audience growth was seen in Citadel (35,943 AQH up from 30,055 AQH last month), Cox Radio (19,129 AQH up from 16,997 AQH), and CMP Online (15,523 AQH up from 13,744 AQH last month). Despite overall growth, stations like Clear Channel and StreamGuys Corporate saw a very slight drop in their unique listener count (2,018,634 from 2,050,836 last month and 403,181 from 495,702 last month respectively, Monday-Friday 6AM-Midnight), while Air America Radio broke into the Top 20 with 4,140 AQH. DATA CENTER EXPLOSION TAKES OUT ROCK&ROLL.FM WEB SERVER: Apparently a small explosion at a Houston data center not only CRB FOLLOW-UP: COURT GRANTS ROYALTY LOGIC MOTION: Recently we reported (here and here) that music royalty FLYTUNES’ CUSTOMIZED FUTURE OF MOBILE RADIO: FlyTunes CEO Sam Abadir was recently interviewed by Mark Ramsey, VIRGIN RADIO SOLD TO INDIAN CONGLOMERATE: The sale of Virgin Radio to Indian media giant Bennett, Coleman & Company is official. Bought for the equivalent of $105 million, Bennett, Coleman receive Virgin Radio’s AM and FM stations, but as reported (RAIN coverage here) not the brand name. Bennett, Coleman announced they would spend £15 million in rebranding their acquisition, while the Virgin Group “may continue to expand its international radio presence.” For more read the New York Times’ coverage here. POP SOME INTERNET RADIO WITH THE POPCORN HOUR A-100: The set-box media streamer Popcorn Hour A-100 not share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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