 RAIN 3/25: RAIN bolsters Summit roster with Clear Channel, NextMedia execs ·Mar 25, 12:18 PM TOP CONSULTANT, ANDO SALES SPECIALIST, JACAPPS’ FRED JACOBS ALSO TO APPEARToday we continue our daily pace of new speaker announcements for RAIN Summit West in Las Vegas April 12.
Clear Channel Integrated Media Sales Director Sharon Mussalli will join NextMedia Group VP/NTR Brian Foster to tackle topics regarding “Attracting Local Advertisers” for new media sales. For instance, is Pandora’s entrance into the local game a threat to broadcasters, or might it open a door for everyone? This discussion will be moderated by BIA/Kelsey Chief Strategy Officer (and former NAB VP/Research) Rick Ducey, as we announced last week.
“The Leap to Mobile” panel will look back on the year in which Internet radio truly became a mobile medium, and discuss what’s in store (for example, Apple’s iPad and the in-car systems like the Ford Sync and the BMW/Mini-Connected system). One expert in this field is As you may know, Kinsey Wilson, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of NPR Digital Media, will present the keynote address at the Summit. Our annual RAIN Summit West in Las Vegas is the premiere educational and networking event of the year for Internet radio. We’ve put together a day of informative panels and presentations on the technical and legal aspects of the Internet radio business, along with sessions to offering programming expertise and methods of improving your business strategies. Once again, the RAIN Summit will be an official co-located event of the NAB Show, meaning that RAIN Summit registrants have access to the 2010 NAB Show exhibits. And, as always, the Summit will include Kurt Hanson’s “State of the Industry Address” and our famous RAIN Reader Cocktail Party to cap off the day. See the RAIN Summit West agenda here. Register for the 2010 RAIN Summit West today here. AT&T MOBILE MUSIC SERVICE INCLUDES PROGRAMMED AND CUSTOMIZABLE STATIONS AT&T this week announced a new subscription mobile music streaming service. Owners of Samsung Solstice, Samsung Impression and the LG Xenon phones (and an unlimited data plan) can download the AT&T Music app. The $6.99/month fee includes 40 commercial free genre-based radio stations, plus the ability to create “personalized” stations. The service also offers OTA song and album download sales. Read more here.
WEBSTER’S SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT MATRIX: NOT WHAT TO DO, HOW TO THINKEdison Media’s Tom Webster offers his blog readers today what he calls “A Simple Matrix For Social Media Engagement.” Simply, it’s a graph, two squares-by-two squares, designed to simplify the wide range of possible interactions broadcasters and consumers can have via social media. It’s a really interesting way to organize your station or webcast’s social media strategy.
Webster and Triton Digital’s Jim Kerr discussed social media in a webinar yesterday. Both will appear at RAIN Summit West (more info here). Learn more about Webster’s Social Media matrix here. WESTERGREN REVEALS INTERESTING STATS ON PANDORA LISTENING AND LIBRARYPandora founder Tim Westergren, in a “town hall” meeting with listeners in Manhattan this week, related some “facts and stats” regarding Pandora listening and music. (We found these via a Hypebot blog entry called “Pandora By The Numbers.”) Here are a few interesting ones:
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