Yahoo! Inks Dopey Deal With USA Network
USA Network and Yahoo! Music have announced a partnership to discover and promote new music and emerging artists. Yahoo! Music, home to LAUNCHcast radio, will track consumer feedback and response to independent and unsigned artists on LAUNCHcast and will recommend well-performing artists and music to USA Network based on that research. Under terms of the venture, USA Network will then sign the mutually agreed-upon performing artists,...
SaveNetRadio Gives Lobbying Effort All That Jazz
SaveNetRadio has signed up several jazz legends to persuade Congress to strike down the new rate hike. The group solicited the Jazz community during Jazz Fest in New Orleans this week and is urging Congress to adopt the Internet Radio Equality Act, which would void the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision for all webcasters, large and small, and adopt a new way to calculate royalties for online broadcasters. In a letter to House...






