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The Past Week In Radio

Catch up on stories you might have missed from the past week in radio. Dirty Money Talk radio’s biggest names are paid millions of dollars to “use a script, outline or set of talking points,” according to a new report. … finish reading The Past Week In Radio

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Pandora: 10 billion happy thumbs served

It ain’t 245 billion hamburgers, but Pandora’s Tim Westergren says that the ten billionth person to click the “happy thumb” on a Pandora tune has done so. “Just over a week ago, on Sunday, April 24th at 4:46pm, ‘Ridin’ Solo’ … finish reading Pandora: 10 billion happy thumbs served

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Pandora’s privacy problem: a quick timeline

Interesting last sixty days for Pandora, privacy-wise. Here’s a timeline, going backwards. April 5: The Veracode software security company says that it ran tests on Pandora Android application and discovered that the app "appears to be integrated with a number … finish reading Pandora’s privacy problem: a quick timeline

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Pandora’s nervousness about ‘do-not-track’ rules

Over the last week I’ve written several articles about Pandora’s plan to go public and its detailed assessment of the risks in its Security and Exchange Commission S-1 form. A brief summary is posted here. A longer version is posted … finish reading Pandora’s nervousness about ‘do-not-track’ rules

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Pandora goes public – what are the risks?

Every radio blogger from here to Mars knows by now that Pandora online radio announced today that it is going public. The Form S-1 has been filed with the Security and Exchange Commission outlining the $100 million Initial Public Offering. … finish reading Pandora goes public – what are the risks?

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Pandora wins top billing on Google and Bing searches for “radio”

Do a search of the word “radio” on either Google or Bing, and Pandora online radio is the first result. The runners up are also identical—AOL Radio, followed by Wikipedia’s “radio” entry. I decided to do this experiment following Google’s … finish reading Pandora wins top billing on Google and Bing searches for “radio”

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Radio at CES: Not much new under the sun

Every day I watched the news reports and press releases from the just-ended 2011 Consumer Electronics Show hoping for some interesting radio news. Instead, what we got was mostly more of the same. You might call it CES 2010 2.0. … finish reading Radio at CES: Not much new under the sun

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New FCC net neutrality rules good for Internet radio? Probably not

The Federal Communications Commission has issued an Order creating “rules of the road” for the Internet. They require transparency and prohibit the blocking of content. They also ban “unreasonable discrimination” for wireline providers, but give wireless broadband a free pass. … finish reading New FCC net neutrality rules good for Internet radio? Probably not

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What the Comcast – Level 3 conflict means for radio

In a textbook example of the abusive power of a near-monopoly, the ‘net was set ablaze yesterday upon the news that major internet backbone provider and content distribution network (CDN) company Level 3 called out cable-modem internet service provide Comcast … finish reading What the Comcast – Level 3 conflict means for radio

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Pandora starts to sound like a radio station (everywhere but on the radio)

The celebrated Austin City Limits music festival has come and gone, and Pandora streaming radio was there “soaking in the sounds and talking with the artists,” as Pandora blogger Kevin Seal put it. The online service did a lot of … finish reading Pandora starts to sound like a radio station (everywhere but on the radio)

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