 RAIN 1/21: RAIN announces guest experts for inaugural RAIN Summit North ·Jan 21, 10:59 AM EXECS FROM SLACKER, CORUS, AND CMRRA JOIN US FOR CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK GATHERINGToday we’d like to officially announce some of the industry experts who’ll join us as panel speakers at the inaugural RAIN Summit North Friday, March 12 in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week 2010.(See our official announcement of the event here.)
Also joining us for the RAIN Summit North will be Slacker SVP/Strategic Development Jim Rondinelli (left) and broadcast consultant Ross Davies (below right).
As always, we’ll cap the day off with our semi-legendary RAIN Reader Cocktail Party, and then head off to hear any of hundreds of artists and bands showcasing that night in dozens of venues. RAIN readers who are attending CMW for the first time will be eligible for a 50% discount from registration prices. We have more details and Summit info here. Canadian Music Week (CMW) is truly one of North America’s premier radio and music conferences and features an amazing week of workshops, conferences, award shows (in addition to all the great music at night). We hope join us. STUDY: NEARLY 1 IN 3 HOUSEHOLDS LISTEN TO NET RADIO WEEKLY A new study on media usage reveals that among “active radio listeners,” 32% use Internet radio services on a weekly basis, and listen for nearly 6 hours a week on average.
The company behind the study, L.E.K. Consulting, says their study also reveals that music is second only to television (and ahead of the Internet) when it comes to the amount of time people spend with the medium. L.E.K. surveyed more than 2,000 (presumably U.S.) households for the study. The firm also says 52% of the time when someone is listening to music, they’re listening to the radio. And, the study shows “19% of people spending time online for various purposes are simultaneously listening to music via the Internet.” There’s more on the study from L.E.K. here. Read a summary of the study here. WSJ: APPLE TABLET DESIGNED TO “RESHAPE” PRINT AND TV INDUSTRIESAccording to The Wall Street Journal today, Apple’s Steve Jobs is aiming at reshaping the newspaper and television industries with the new Apple tablet device just as his company’s iTunes revolutionized the music industry. [That photo, by the way, is just an artist’s rendering.]
Apple’s reportedly been in talks with book, magazine and newspaper publishers like the New York Times Co., Condé Nast Publications Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers and its owner News Corp. for deals to enable new ways to distribute and monetize traditional media content. The company has also been negotiating with TV networks CBS and Walt Disney Co. (ABC’s owner) and videogame publisher Electronic Arts. This week Apple sent out an invitation to a January 27 media event “to see our latest creation.” Apple plans to begin shipping the tablet in March. It’ll reportedly sport a 10- or 11-inch touch screen, and about a $1K price tag. Apple’s iTunes Store is now the world’s largest music retailer. ITunes was revolutionary in that it made online music download purchasing, “by the song,” simple. The Journal reports Apple will “revamp” the music service with a Web-based version called iTunes.com, allowing music purchases without going through the iTunes software. Supposedly, “a central part of the new strategy is to populate as many Web sites as possible with ‘buy’ buttons, integrating iTunes transactions into activities like listening to Internet radio and surfing review Web sites,” writes The Journal. Read more here. share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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