 RAIN 8/19: Top webcasters hold their ground in July's webcast metrics ratings ·Aug 19, 10:05 AM WEBCAST METRICS’ TOP 6 SOLID IN JULY: The top 6 webcasters stayed entrenched in AndoMedia’s July Webcast Metrics from the previous month. CBS Radio retained the top slot, experiencing an increase in AQH from 95,143 to 100,913 (6AM to midnight, Monday through Sunday). Entercom Communications moved to 9th from June’s 11th ranking, while AccuRadio jumped to 11th from 14th. VON LOHMANN: DEATH OF PROPOSED DRM MANDATE FOR WEBCASTERS: Fred von Lohmann, senior staff WASH. POST TECH COLUMNIST: MUSIC BIZ “SAWING THEIR OWN FEET OFF” BY “TAXING” NET RADIO: As the influx of reaction to Pandora’s “pull-the-plug” announcement shows no signs of letting up (RAIN coverage here), Rob Pegoraro of The Washington Post’s LIVE NFL BROADCAST TO SPRINT PHONES: Sprint customers will be able to listen to live radio broadcasts of every NFL football game on their mobile phones. Users will need the free NFL Mobile Live application, as well as a data plan. For more, read Market Watch’s coverage here. CLASSICAL FAN RECONNECTS WITH GENRE THROUGH NET RADIO: With the death of his local classical radio station, Kensington Symphony oboist Jeff Rosenfeld turned off radio altogether, forsaking his beloved live classical broadcasts with CD recordings. Through Internet radio however, Rosenfeld rediscovered his estranged genre, now tuning in to live concerts happening all over the world. “What I have found over the last two years exceeds my childhood fantasies…Every major group or soloist is playing on the Internet somewhere in the world practically every week. So is every favorite composer, and many you never knew existed.” He supplies a lengthy list of classical webcasts, including Czech Radio Vltava, WFMT, and Radio France Musique. For his full story and list of links, click here. share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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Faster Forward column questions the record industry’s business sense for attacking webcasts like Pandora. “Choking off Web radio by imposing discriminatory and disproportionate fees is just about the last thing the music industry needs. Webcasters like Pandora are far more effective at exposing listeners to new music than the playlist-choked wasteland of commercial FM and AM — so of course we should tax them to extinction, ensuring record labels and musicians a one-time profit, followed by years of much poorer exposure for new musicians,” he writes. “It’s one thing for the 
