APP TO INCLUDE TIME-SHIFT FEATURES, OVER 2,000 STREAMS

The app will tune in to over 2,000 radio streams and will be available for free. FlyCast previously released an Android application (RAIN coverage here), which this new offering updates. Though the app is directed to Motorola Droid users, it may work on other Android phones as well. A free beta version of the app will be available from the Android Market on Thursday. Find out more from the company’s press release here.

LANE SUGGESTS PANDORA’S UBIQUITY MAY MAKE ITS NAME “GENERIC” FOR “INTERNET RADIO”

For example, Lane suggests, Pandora has “diligently pursued mobile, automotive and wireless platforms,” while carefully building relationships with listeners. In the end though, “Pandora’s success benefits all of Internet radio as more and more listeners are exposed to streaming.” Continue reading Lane’s thoughts at Audio4Cast here.

M&A EXPERT EXPLAINS WHY HE THINKS MYSPACE SHOULD ACQUIRE PANDORA

an acquisition of Pandora by MySpace

Porter says Pandora, “a bona fide internet behemoth,” would revitalize the MySpace brand and create a juggernaut of music services, as MySpace has already acquired imeem and iLike. “A MySpace-Pandora combination would create formidable scale which would span multiple segments of the music industry — from coffee shop singer/songwriters to arena rock bands — and provide benefits to music consumers that are not available elsewhere,” Porter writes.

The Pandora/MySpace acquisition is just one of ten such ideas from Porter. Others include Netflix acquiring Flixster, Cisco acquiring LinkedIn and Google acquiring Roku. “Some are longshots, some are slam dunks; all would create compelling new opportunities and possibilities,” said Porter. Find his full list of predictions at TechCrunch here.

HERE’S WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON

WSJ HIGHLIGHTS CROWD-SOURCED RADIO The Wall Street Journal highlighted Jelli Radio and Listener Driven Radio LLC, two “crowdsourced” radio services. You can find the full article here.

“INTERNET RADIO STATIONS ARE THE NEW WAVE,” SAYS NYT “FM tuners are passé,” writes The New York Times, “Why include tuner technology to play a few dozen stations when you can harness thousands of radio stations over the Internet?” Their recent article (found here) offers ideas for how to find new Internet radio streams as well as which devices and applications are best for tuning in.

RBR OFFERS WAYS TO IMPROVE RADIO WEBSITES’ TRAFFIC In their first article on “lessons radio needs to learn from social media,” RBR offers a list of reasons why traffic to radio websites is lacking and what to do about it. You can find the article here.

RADIO SURVIVOR: INTERNET RADIO GROWTH, “DAY OF SILENCE” AND PANDORA AMONG DECADE’S MOST IMPORTANT RADIO TRENDS The #2 most important trend for radio during the past decade, according to Radio Survivor, was the growth of Internet radio (read more here). “The Age of Pandora” took the #5 spot (find that article here). Internet radio’s “Day of Silence,” in protest of the CRB’s high royalty rates in 2007, was selected as #7 (read more here).

SOUNDEXCHANGE PAYS $4 MILLION TO 10,000 SONICBIDS MEMBERS SoundExchange paid out $4 million in royalty payments to independent artists recently, identifying them by their SonicBids online press kits. HypeBot has more here. HypeBot also reports (here) that SoundExchange has partnered with ReverbNation to assist in delivering royalties to the latter’s half a million member artists.

RADIOTIME: WEB-ONLY HOLIDAY STREAMS WERE MOST POPULAR ON CHRISTMAS EVE Though Internet-only and simulcasts of AM/FM stations were represented in RadioTime’s Top 19 Holiday Music Radio Stations list, on Christmas Eve web-only streams were clear winners for listeners. RadioTime has more here.

JENNIFER LANE OFFERS IDEAS FOR BROADCASTERS LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR DIGITAL PRESENCE THIS YEAR Audio4Cast’s Jennifer Lane posted 8 ideas to help broadcasters increase their presence online in 2010, starting with creating a full time position for creating and maintaining online content. Find the full article here.

ENGADGET’S “SWITCHED ON” COLUMN GIVES BEST-OF-YEAR AWARDS TO PALM PRE, ACOUSTIC RESEARCH INFINITE RADIO Engadget’s column “Switched On” awarded its “Switchies,” (their year-end “Best of” awards), to the Palm Pre for the “Phone So Good It’s Smart” Award and to the Acoustic Research Infinite Radio for the “World Is Your Receiver” Award for Best New Internet Radio. Read through all their awards here.

XM OUT, SONICTAP IN FOR DIRECTV DirecTV has replaced its XM channels with selections from SonicTap, a digital music service that creates a wide range of playlists based factors like genre and lifestyle. The switch happens on February 9. OrbitCast.com has more here.

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