Mar
24
2007
New Blog Tag: 7 Songs
Chris Brogan tagged me for a round of "7 Songs" blog tag. Here's my list -- a few favorites of the moment. These are of course subject to change within a few minutes. To keep tabs on what I'm listening to, check out my page at last.fm. I've been digging into Whiskeytown a lot in ...
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Mar
21
2007
Live365’s Response to the Copyright Royalty Board’s New Internet Radio Royalty Decision
[Here's the previous entry I wrote about the CRB decision.]
Live365 sent out an email earlier today to me (and the other 10,000) internet radio webcasters who broadcast their station via Live365. I still don't understand who receives the fees that SoundExchange collects. Prior to this new ruling the fee I paid to Live365 ($59.95/month for ...
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Mar
14
2007
Internet Radio Royalty Hike — AKA More Stupidity
I spoke to business reporter Hiawatha Bray at The Boston Globe earlier this week about the new internet radio royalty rate increase. The resulting article is in the Boston Globe today. You can read it at boston.com. And hey, they even LINKED to Exploit Boston. This is no small accomplishment for the Globe, apparently -- ...
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Mar
3
2007
Why the South by Southwest Interactive Festival Rocks
The Interactive Playpen @ South by Southwest is returning this year with lots and lots and lots of plastic toys. Ryan Gantz and I conspired with the fest's director Hugh Forrest to set this up at SXSW Interactive last year. It was a lot of fun and the music festival ended up keeping the toys ...
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