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FCC may look to redefine how it measures media concentration

latimes

Broadband in a backpack

bbc

GM to offer WiFi hotspots

autonews

The Quest for Internet Radio Standards

radioworld

Consumer Media Study Highlights Impact of Digital Media on Radio

audio4cast

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Pandora One
techcrunch

When ‘Local’ Makes It Big
nytimes

How do YOU listen to Internet Radio in Your Car?
radio.about.com

The rebirth of news
the economist

Stats on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter
McVay New Media

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Why Radio & Music Industry Sucks Nowadays
YouTube

Analysis: What The IFPI, RIAA Numbers Reveal
Billboard

Radio gets a radical revamp
BBC

AT&T Reports Dramatic Growth of Wi-Fi
Daily Wireless

Smartphone Markets Compared
Daily Wireless

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Cadillac rolls out in-car Internet access cnet

Apple and AT&T Sued (again) Over 3G Speed DailyWireless

How Sprint Leads Transformation towards 4G Services, Plan WiMAX Handset Wimax.com

SXSW: Should Radio Stations Pay Recording Artists? wired

Turn a Vintage Radio into a Wi-Fi Internet Radio lifehacker

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ABC Radio Networks and Radiolicious have signed an agreement for streaming over smartphones. RadioInk

Corgan testisfies for Performance Rights Act SunTimes

An iPod So Small Its Controls Are Found on the Cord NYTimes

SLACKER LAUNCHES SXSW CHANNEL

Connect to the WiFi while you're @ SXSW

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Beleaguered Radio Industry Faces Rocky Path Ahead Billboard

Pitchfork.tv Teams Up With NPR Music Pitchfork

Free Wi-Fi Won't Kill Sirius XM Fool.com

The Music Industry's New Internet Problem Businessweek.com

Clearwire Confirms Launch of Additional Markets Wimax.com

Internet car radio

From MIT Technology Review:

Internet radio lets listeners find or create stations that play just the music they like. A dashboard stereo from miRoamer and Blaupunkt brings that kind of control into the car. The stereo connects wirelessly, via Bluetooth, to the driver's phone, which streams music over the cell network. Users can preprogram their favorite stations and create song playlists online. The system has a built-in microphone, so that users can make and receive phone calls by pressing a button on the radio. Cost=$300-400.

Car WiFi radio: huge

From Daily Wireless:

Bridge Ratings says traditional and satellite radio will take a significant hit in listening about a decade after WiFi and WiMax technologies are available in-car.
Bridge Ratings surveyed consumers and device manufacturers and projects that WiFi in-car should reach more than 50 percent of the U.S. population after nine years of market availability.

According to Bridge, of the estimated 30 million users of wireless access technology in the U.S., 75 percent (23 million) have wireless-accessed Internet radio. In fact, 48 percent of those accessing the Internet via wireless technology seek out Internet radio. The number of Internet radio listeners accessing wirelessly will grow to 77 million by 2010 as wireless technology penetrates the U.S. lifestyle. The gating factor may be how quickly auto manufacturers are able to equip new cars. By the fifth year of in-car WiFi acceptance, traditional radio can expect to see the amount of time spent listening to fall below 19 hours a week; by year eight, when Bridge projects that more than 23 percent of the public will have adopted wireless Internet technology in-car, weekly time spent listening to traditional radio will fall below 18 hours per week.

By the ninth year of market availability the combination of natural market growth (1-2 percent per year) and a more effective effort at selling its Internet radio channels, traditional radio revenues could reach over $26 billion.

This can’t be good news for the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), with nearly 7,000 members including close to 6,000 stations in the U.S., and over 1,000 associate members in networks, representative firms, sales, and international organizations. Their figures indicate a combined local and national annual radio advertising revenue around $10 billion for the first half of 2007.