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Many internet radio stations continue streaming today, despite warnings by the SoundExchange that they will be sued if they cannot pay the new music royalty… Read More »Internet radio lives on

Via CNet News, ‘A federal appeals court has declined to grant a petition by Webcasters to delay the onset of new royalty fees. In a… Read More »Court rejects Webcasters’ plea for relief – CNet news

Granted, The Decemberists fall into the category of annoying-indie-band-with-cutsey-name that I love to hate on but for some reason I adore them. And I adore… Read More »The Decemberists "Los Angeles I’m Yours", Live with the LA Phil

One of the most overlooked emcees from Detroit, Phat Kat aka Ronnie Cash was an early collaborator to the legendary Detroit hip-hop producer Jay-Dee. The… Read More »Phat Kat

Daft Punk’s ElectromaNew Beverly Cinema7165 Beverly Blvd. at La BreaFriday June 29 at 11:59pmTickets $5 available at the doorTrailer: http://www.daftpunk.com/videos/ELECTROMA-TEASER.movtoday’s LA Times feature

The foundations of Google Earth aose from one man with a mission – to replace many maps with a singular one that pinpoints several locations… Read More »Google Earth – Is ‘Real Skydiving Better’?

Today, thousands of webcasters across the nation shut down in a ‘Day of Silence’ to protest the proposed royalty rate increases slated to take effect… Read More »The Sounds of Silence

Ok, so critics have been bashing Client’s new record. I’ve got to tell you, this may be my favorite record by them yet. A self… Read More »Music review: the quiet return of ‘Client’

‘Privacy on the Internet’ – the oxymoron of our time. By revealing personal data online, what kind of risk are we setting ourselves up for?… Read More »The Post-Privacy Age

It’s been clear for a few years that “convergence” – the merger of the internet, radio, and television – is quickly becoming the next outlet… Read More »Interactive advertising heats up: for real this time

An interesting take of what familes across the globe eat in a weeks time, from Time Magazine .

An article from the Guardian UK explores how the utopian future that technology promises us 40 years from now is the same set of expectations… Read More »I pledge allegiance, to technological determinism

Today, internet radio company Slacker announced a $40 million dollar cash infusion in their second round of funding. Last.fm’s last round before being purchased by… Read More »Music Discovery May be Slacking

An article in the New York Times today says that bitrates for music downloads must be significantly higher for listening to music at near-CD quality.… Read More »Higher bitrates required for digital music converts?

Seems like many successful r&b/hip hop artists get rewarded with their own record label these days. Is there some leveraging going on? Are artists given… Read More »Tennman Records – another imprint of Interscope

Flock is a new browser that I just discovered that makes it really easy to integrate social networks, blogs, pics, and all that shizz. Check… Read More »check out Flock