 RAIN 12/28: RAIN's Year in Review, Pt. 1 ·Dec 28, 11:27 AM RAIN REVIEW OF 2009’s TOP INTERNET RADIO STORIES BEGINS TODAY As the final days of 2009 approach, we here at RAIN thought it appropriate to look back over the past 12 months and highlight the most important radio and Internet developments. Today we feature stories from January through March of 2009. We’ll highlight news items from the remainder of the year tomorrow and Wednesday.
RAIN 1/15: SoundExchange, public radio strike royalty dealSoundExchange and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting reached a deal on streaming performance royalties. Public broadcasters will pay copyright owners and performers $1.85 million and supply a consolidated “usage report” detailing song and artist play for all of public radio for the current 2006-2010 term… (continue reading here).RAIN 01/16: Indie 103.1 cuts broadcast, now online-onlySouthern California-based Indie 103.1 began life as an online-only radio station in January after cutting its on-air broadcast. The station rebranded itself as Indie Online… (continue reading here).RAIN 01/22: Pandora adds audio ads Pandora added 15-second audio advertisements to its free music streams. Wired reported (here) that Pandora tried a similar experiment with ads for McDonald’s two years ago, “but scrapped the idea due to negative feedback. Now, however, it would appear that Pandora is feeling the pinch… (continue reading here).
RAIN 2/16: NAB settles with SoundExchange on webcast royalties SoundExchange and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reached an agreement on webcast royalties for commercial broadcasters’ simulcast and Internet-only online streams. The agreement, which applies to 2009-2015, requires broadcasters to pay a “per-performance” fee (a “performance” is one listener hearing one song) of $0.0015 beginning this year… (continue reading here).
RAIN 3/16: Philly’s B101 shuts down streams following NAB/SX dealWBEB (B101)/Philadelphia pulled its online simulcast radio streams because of SoundExchange’s royalty deal with the NAB. WBEB owner Jerry Lee said he believes its simply “not a viable business option” for an AC station to stream online… (continue reading here).RAIN 3/20: Attorneys argue during webcast royalty appeal that Library of Congress’ CRB appointments unconstitutionalThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in March heard the opening of oral arguments in webcasters’ appeal of the Copyright Royalty Board’s determination on royalties. The hearing was intended to focus on the soundness of the CRB’s 2007 Internet radio royalty rate decision, but attacks on the CRB’s constitutionality raised by Royalty Logic stole the show… (continue reading here).
RAIN 3/31: The Net now tops radio in ad revenueAccording to Internet Advertising Board figures, the Net has officially surpassed radio as an ad platform, growing 11% to $23.4 billion in 2008 — almost $4 billion more than radio (“hat tip” to Inside Radio for making this point). TV is still tops with $28.8 billion… (continue reading here).share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
Comment Other stories RAIN 9/2: Apple makes iTunes experience more social, more "radio-like" RAIN 9/1: FilterMusic.net excels at helping you discover new streams RAIN 8/31: Pandora's Les Hollander to speak at RAIN Summit East RAIN 8/30: Former Forrester analyst to deliver second keynote of RAIN Summit East RAIN 8/27: Radio vet Bill Gamble to consult AccuRadio's country stations RAIN 8/26: Clear Channel's digital chief Evan Harrison to leave at end of year RAIN 8/25: Pandora spotlights improved "genre-based" listening options RAIN 8/24: NAB presents details of proposed royalty settlement to members RAIN 8/23: Mobile media growth will even outpace Internet, predicts Nielsen RAIN 8/20: New deadline for Internet Radio Awards is August 31 |
