 RAIN 01/14: Slacker further expands footprint outside of its own device with iPhone app ·Jan 14, 11:44 AM Just a week after moving to Blackberry devices (RAIN coverage here), TARGETSPOT PARTNERS WITH AIR AMERICA, 7 OTHER RADIO NETWORKSTargetSpot has partnered with 8 radio networks, including Air America Media and Millennium Radio. These partnerships further swell TargetSpot’s roster, which includes AOL Radio, Live365, and Slacker. TargetSpot also recently acquired Internet radio ad rep Ronning Lipset Radio (RAIN coverage here). Access 1 Communications, Sandusky Radio, Stephens Media Group, Simmons Media Group, Ocala Broadcasting and BlogTalkRadio were all included in TargetSpot’s recent partnerships. Read TargetSpot’s press release here.
EMMIS INTERACTIVE PARTNERS WITH GREATER MEDIAEmmis Interactive has partnered with 21 Greater Media radio stations to provide its BaseStation platform and sales consulting. Emmis Interactive is a new media and software consultant for broadcasters and publishers, based in Chicago. The Greater Media stations are in five markets: Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Charlotte and New Jersey. For more, read Emmis Interactive’s press release here (PDF).
AT&T’S JUST-ANNOUNCED SATELLITE RADIO WILL CARRY MUSIC CHOICE CHANNELSAT&T’s recently announced in-car satellite radio and video service (RAIN coverage here), will reportedly receive its radio music from Music Choice. Music Choice also delivers its commercial music service to cable boxes and retail stores. It’s is owned by a consortium which includes Comcast Cable, Time Warner, Cox Communications, EMI Music, Microsoft, Motorola and Sony. For more, read Tom Taylor’s coverage at Radio-Info.EDISON MEDIA’S WEBSTER PITS PANDORA’S CUSTOM STATION AGAINST SLACKER’S The Infinite Dial’s Tom Webster put Pandora and Slacker’s personalized stations head-to-head to see which came out on top. In his opinion, Slacker was “a bit more interesting and varied, and certainly a bit more on point.” But, he believes success will come to the service that has the best “out-of-box” experience. “With that criteria in mind,” he writes (here), “the Pandora offering was far and away more compelling, featuring more tracks by my core artist, more hit singles, and more familiarity in general.”
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Slacker has launched an application for Apple iPhones. 
