Westergren Argues Against Copyright Royalty Board’s Rate Hike At “The Future of Radio” Hearing

Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer and Founder of Pandora Media, testified on behalf of the Digital Media Association (DiMA) during the recent Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on “The Future of Radio.” Westergren noted the threat to the continued existence of Pandora, and the internet radio industry as a whole, by the 30 percent increase in sound recording royalties when he argued...

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Samplebase Releases Satellite Pro Sample Player

Samplebase, a new website that claims to offer thousands of high quality, production-ready Loops, Phrases, and Multisampled Instruments, has announced two sample-playback synth engines, Satellite (free for all Samplebase users) and Satellite Pro a application for Macs and PCs, that works as a stand-alone program or as a plug-in in AU, VST (Universal Binary on Mac) and VST (PC) formats. ILIO is the sound source behind Samplebase who is...

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