At the end of March, Rhapsody will separate from RealNetworks and become its own music subscription service.This means consumers may finally be given a legitimate alternative to iTunes. RealNetworks, however, will...
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It's the most successful movie of all time so why not milk a book out of it? Well, apparently that's exactly what James Cameron is up to. The Avatar director is working on a novel set as a prequel to the film. Jon...
Original Post published in: http://029atoz.blogspot.com/2009/12/avatar-story-of-tribals-through-ages.html Warning: Those reading this review to know ‘more’ about the film’s spectacular special effect, better visit a million other places that rave about it. This is about...
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"Last week, Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway began advising their portfolio companies that they'd have to start cutting costs and showing a path to profitability if they hope to survive...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 167 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Web radio may get a new lease on life, as the Webcaster Settlement Act, calling for a renegotiation of royalty rates for web-based music broadcasters such as Pandora. The Capitol Hill n00bs managed to win round...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 160 views | 17 recommendations | 3 comments
I just got this email from the folks at Pandora. They are waging a valiant fight against some big radio interests who want to stifle innovation in online music. If you value the fantastic service Pandora provides please help them out. M.______Hi, it's Tim...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago 212 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Pandora, one of the biggest Internet radio stations in the U.S., could soon go out of business because of the cripplingly high royalty fees imposed on all Web-based radio networks. Surely it’s high time for...
created by reggaewire | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 418 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
If you haven't used Pandora.com yet, this might be your last chance. Pandora, aka the Music Genome Project, helps you find music you like, no download needed; just go to the site and type in the name of a song or...
created by Erik Larson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 826 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments
I make no apologies for this, why? Well I believe in my opinion anyway that news is all about freedom of speech, so here I go, I want to tell you about something new, something that I have created which I would like to share with you all, what is it you ask? Well let me...
opinion by phewbar | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 380 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I grew up in South Africa during the apartheid era. During that time there was a cultural boycott of goods entering the country. In other words, any cultural product that wasn't produced in South...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 411 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
If you're going to Digital Hollywood next week be sure to say hello to NowPublic co-founder, Len Brody. He'll be on an interesting panel." Personalized Mobile is becoming the new broadband, perhaps...
created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 526 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
SXSW Interactive / Tuesday, March 11, 2008FM 2.0: The Future of Internet Radio PANELISTS: Nancy Miller, Pop Culture Editor, Wired Magazine Anu Kirk, Director of Prod Management, Rhapsody Tom Conrad, CTO, Pandora.comAnil Dewan, Director of New Media, KCRWDavid Hyman,...
I've been using Last.fm for yonks, and it's a place I don't frequent as often as I used to.
The music discovery process is intuitive, and encourages a love-thy-neighbour kind of attitude, as those with similar tastes are nudged into your profile page.
So rather than have...
created by Octane | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 715 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The founder of Pandora. Tim Westergren, has just emailed out an apology to Pandora listeners in Canada in which he explains that he is unhappy about having to stop streaming Pandora to Canada, but has been given no choice. Pandora is an online music service that...
created by kate | 5 years ago 1902 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Some sad news for Canadian fans of Pandora today. Tim's email makes it official:Dear Pandora
listener,
Today we have some
extremely disappointing news to share with you. Due to international licensing
constraints, we are deeply, deeply sorry to say that we must begin...
created by mtippett | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 594 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments