It looks like the high-profile negotiations between the music industry and commercial Internet broadcasters over royalty rates for netcasting traditionally licensed music is moving from the court system to the backroom. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied motions to stay any aspect of the ruling by the Copyright Royalty Judges [...]

Thousands of U.S. commercial webcasters went silent this Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten the viability of stations that broadcast mainstream music. Unfortunately for the broadcasters, it looks like the day of silence fell on deaf ears. Tuesday’s Day of Silence was observed by Yahoo!, Live365, [...]

Hundreds of U.S. commercial webcasters are going silent today, June 26, to protest to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten their ability to make money broadcasting mainstream music. Yahoo! is one of the Internet radio broadcasters that has announced that it is going silent: “Apologies to anyone who was hoping to listen to [...]

Thousands of U.S. commercial webcasters plan to go silent Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten the viability of stations that broadcast mainstream music. Earlier in the year, the United States Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for webcasting traditionally licensed music, to be effective from [...]

SoundExchange, the group that collects performance fees on behalf of hundreds of major and independent record companies, said Tuesday that it would give “small” Webcasters the option of paying “below market” royalty rates on the songs they play. Their offer would keep royalty rates essentially the same as they are under a 2002 law called [...]

Added to the mobilecasting index: spodtronic lets you listen to your favorite radio station, anytime and anywhere, on your mobile phone. With spodtronic’s mobile podcatcher, you can also download podcasts directly to your handset, without the need to use a computer. The company positions its service as a total radio experience – an alternative to [...]

Internet radio broadcasters that include traditionally-licensed music in their shows were dealt a setback Monday when a panel of copyright judges threw out a request to reconsider a recent hike in royalty rates they must pay to record companies and artists. A broad group of public and private broadcasters, including radio stations, small startup companies, National [...]

Today, representatives of the SaveNetRadio coalition announced the launch of a campaign to fight increased fees for webcasters. The coalition of Internet radio listeners, music labels, artists, and webcasters was formed in response to a March 2nd ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board that raised the fees webcasters pay to play music online by 300-1200 [...]

Advertising Age reports that, eight months into his reign at Sirius Satellite Radio, the Stern’s advertising rates are a fraction of what they were on terrestrial radio. “Spots are going for $5,000 to $6,000, with live reads, the term for on-air talent pitching the product, maxing out at $10,000,” notes Advertising Age. “When Howard Sterns [...]

Bridge Ratings, a research firm specializing in radio, has updated its growth projections for radio an various alternatives as part of on-going study of audience attrition of traditional radio and subscriber and user growth of alternative digital media. The company positions podcasting as less of an immediate threat to radio than previously projected: “Podcasting is [...]