RAIN 6/17: Internet radio part of why merged satellite will fail, says article
·Jun 17, 11:46 AM
Posted by: Paul Maloney
US NEWS: NET RADIO WILL BE ONE OF THE NAILS IN SATELLITE RADIO’S COFFIN: As XM and Sirius slowly but (seemingly) surely navigate the route through the  FCC towards a merger (RAIN coverage here), U.S. News and World Report claims such a move will not save the satellite radio industry—and gives 5 reasons why. Most of them involve internet radio, which author David LaGesse pegs as “a major competitor to all other forms of streaming music, talk, and news…The only question is how to get Internet radio when on the move.” Cellphones (reason #4) and the coming of WiMax (reason #5) will answer that question. iPods and digital radio were also listed. Interestingly, supporters of the merger point to these same competing media forms to support their argument that a merger would not be anti-consumer. Read LaGesse’s full article here.
JAILBREAK APP DELIVERS LAST.FM RADIO TO iPHONE: While the lack of Flash support in iPhones keeps streaming  audio a dream for most users (RAIN coverage here), some are developing work-arounds. FlyTunes already delivers some net radio to the Apple mobile device, and AOL Radio has developed an award-winning player for release soon (RAIN coverage here). Add another application to the list: MobileScrobbler, a downloadable jailbreak application, delivers last.fm streaming radio to the iPhone and iPod Touch for free. It also scrobbles music to a last.fm account, lets users view artist bios and song lyrics, and adds upcoming concerts to the phone’s calender. The catch? You need a “jailbroken” iPhone to install the application.
ONLINE TRANSITION CONTRIBUTING TO SLOWING AD ECONOMY, SAYS ECONOMIST: The advertising economic slowdown is not wholly due to  dropping consumer spending, says advertising economist and senior vice president-research at TNS Media Intelligence Jon Swallen, but rather the transition from traditional media ad campaigns (TV, newspapers, magazines, etc.) to digital. Swallen points out that ad campaigns online are much more effective than the “inefficient” old mediums, and because online traffic is still “largely unmeasured,” prices are low. Such a cost-effective medium is a good fit for advertisers looking to make every penny count in the face of dropping consumer spending, he says. Swallen released an analysis last week placing first-quarter 2008 ad spending growth at 0.6%. For more of Swallen’s observations and detailed statistics from his analysis, read MediaPost’s coverage here.
 RAIN DEVICE OF THE DAY: CC WIFI RADIO: The features included with the CC Wi-Fi Radio aren’t all that different from other desktop net radio players: access to over 11,000 internet radio stations, 99 presets, alarm clock, and remote control. But at 6.5” x 3.9” and only weighing a pound, its a pretty small desktop player. At a somewhat decent price ($215), the CC Wi-Fi Radio is perhaps for those who don’t need the over-the-top features of higher-end players, but still want an all-around decent internet radio device.
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