Sirius XM Satellite Radio will declare bankruptcy unless a deal can be worked out with Echostar owner Charlie Ergen who has been buying up Sirius debt in an effort to take over the concern. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin has been circling the wagons with a team of lawyers and restructuring firm Alvarez & Marsal and is preparing to file for Chapter 11 protection...

Without any fanfare, Slacker has debuted the Slacker Player app on iTunes for the iPod Touch and the iPhone. It is only available for iPhone users in the United States at this time. Features: » Free music library featuring millions of songs » Stereo playback from any wireless connection » Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations »...

Slacker has revealed the availability of the free Slacker Mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone users can now hear their favorite Slacker radio stations wherever they go, whether they are connected to a wireless network or not – a Slacker Mobile feature exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones. The...

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The Webcaster Settlement Act or HR 7084 has been passed by Congress. The bill authorizes Internet radio services and agents for copyright owners and performers to negotiate new royalty agreements from 2006 (retroactive) through 2015. After the House of Representatives passed the bill on September 28th, and the U.S. Senate quickly approved the measure (since they...

Slacker has announced their new Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player, the next generation of their portable Personal Radio player. Our editor-in-chief has been using the new G2 player for the past week, and has come away impressed. “If they would have released the G2 instead of that first generation brick, then the perception of the company would be completely...