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May 12, 2015
Verizon To Buy AOL
The wireless carrier that many of you are using to read ALL ACCESS right now -- VERIZON -- announced this morning (5/12/15) that it will be buying AOL for $50 per share, or about $4.4 billion. CNBC reports, "The transaction will be completed this … more »
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April 23, 2015
Radio Performance Royalty Bill Reintroduced -- With FM Chip Mandate Ban, Too
HOUSE Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN) and Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee ANNA G. ESHOO (D-CA have re-introduced the Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act, which would “condition … more »
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April 15, 2015
Wednesday At The NAB Show: A Talk By Tom Wheeler, Digital Strategies And More From NMX
WEDNESDAY's opener for the NAB SHOW in LAS VEGAS was the annual FCC Keynote, featuring FCC Chairman TOM WHEELER, who focused on spectrum incentive auctions but denied that the FCC is, as critics allege, ignoring broadcasting in favor of the … more »
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February 26, 2015
FCC Votes To Approve Net Neutrality Regulation
The FCC approved Chairman TOM WHEELER's Internet regulation proposal THURSDAY morning at its FEBRUARY open meeting. As expected, the vote fell along party lines, with WHEELER and fellow Democrats JESSICA ROSENWORCEl and MIGNON CLYBURN in favor … more »
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February 4, 2015
Study: Mobile Market To Grow By 70% In 2021
STRATEGY ANALYTICS has issued a "Global Mobile Music Market Forecast (2001-2021)" that predicts the total market value of the mobile music will grow by almost 70%, from $12.8 billion in 2014 to $21.3 billion in 2021 . The rise is attributed to … more »
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January 14, 2015
SNL Kagan: Mobile Entertainment Revenue Tops $9 Billion In 2014
Americans are now spending almost as much on smartphone and tablet entertainment as at the box office. In 2014, SNL KAGAN estimates mobile entertainment generated $9.14 billion in revenue, fast approaching the roughly $10 billion per year the U.S. box … more »
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December 18, 2014
SiriusXM To Air 35 College Football Bowl Games
SIRIUSXM is offering subscribers live broadcasts of 35 college football bowl games this postseason including all three games of the inaugural COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF featuring ALABAMA, OREGON, FLORIDA STATE and OHIO STATE. The schedule begins … more »
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May 30, 2014
Congressman's Bill Would Block FCC From Regulating ISPs As Common Carriers
Jumping into the Net neutrality debate, Rep. BOB LATTA (R-OH) has introduced a bill to block the FCC from using Title II of the Communications Act to regulate Internet service providers as common carriers. LATTA's bill is styled as legislation … more »
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April 15, 2014
Sprint Rumored To Be Ready To Offer Spotify To Customers
Numerous sources are reporting webcaster SPOTIFY and SPRINT will partner to bundle the music service with some of the carriers plans. The official announcement is expected to happen at an event in NEW YORK on APRIL 29th. Rumors of the deal were initially … more »
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February 3, 2014
Slacker Radio Names Duncan Orrell-Jones As CEO
SLACKER RADIO has named DUNCAN ORRELL-JONES as its CEO, effective FEBRUARY 10th. “I’m excited to welcome DUNCAN to SLACKER RADIO and look forward to working with him to lead the company into its next stage of growth,” said SLACKER board … more »