Pandora, the internet radio service of the “Music Genome Project,” has announced that it is discontinuing its service in the UK, effective January 15. Pandora lets users design their own streaming radio stations based on their musical preferences.
Pandora’s continued operations have been uncertain since mid-2007, when licensing body protests in North America and UK increased [...]

A reader, Graham Pollard, wrote us, wondering why podcasting hasn’t seemed to reach Apple’s UK stores.
Pollard is a big fan of podcasts, and dropped by the Apple store recently on a visit to London, so he could check out the latest iPods.
He writes:
“I was quite surprised to find that at the nano “bench”,¬ù with 8 [...]

UK podcast directory Podcast Nation has announced that it will be expanding its community by offering a new media enthusiasts’ social network, run on the Ning API, at http://podcastnation.ning.com.
Podcast Nation Editor-in-Chief Mark Crook said, “Podcast Nation is a great way for both finding and promoting podcasts, and by developing our community at Ning, which has [...]

Apple and O2 announced today that the iPhone - aka the “Jesus phone” - will debut in the UK November 9th. O2 will be the exclusive UK carrier for the iPhone.
Unique to the UK, iPhone users will have free access to the UK’s largest single public Wi-Fi network, covering over 7,500 cafes, restaurants, airport lounges, [...]

The British government has rejected a plea to extend copyright laws for sound recordings to beyond 50 years, prompting the music industry to accuse it of not supporting musicians and artists.
The government would have had to push the European Commission for a change in the law but said such a move did not seem appropriate [...]