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May 28, 2014
Megatrax Launches MegaOne, A Premium Latino Imaging Package
MEGATRAX PRODUCTION MUSIC, in partnership with SUPERRADIO LATINO, has launched MEGAONE, a premium Latino imaging package for Mexican Regional radio. MEGATRAX CEO RON MENDELSOHN said, “We are very pleased to bring to the market the first ever radio … more »
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April 1, 2014
Raditaz To Resurface As CUR Music
Personalized radio service RADITAZ, which tried to compete with PANDORA by building stations for specific city neighborhoods but abruptly went offline in NOVEMBER, has relaunched as CÜR MEDIA after raising $9.6 million through a reverse merger. … more »
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March 6, 2013
Report: YouTube Looks To Take On Pandora And Spotify
GOOGLE is reportedly getting close to entering the streaming music business, as FORBES reports "In what appears to be a clone of SPOTIFY's streaming music model, GOOGLE-owned only video power player, YOUTUBE, will make a play for eardrums. … more »
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September 11, 2012
GAO Criticizes FCC's Regulatory Fee Process As Outdated
The Government Accountability Office has taken aim at the FCC's regulatory fee process, issuing a report saying that the process needs updating. The GAO noted that the Commission "based its fiscal year 2011 regulatory fee assessments on its fiscal … more »
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August 21, 2012
FCC, FEMA Forward Participants' Nationwide EAS Test Results To GAO
The FCC and FEMA have notified participants in NOVEMBER 9th's first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) that their test information has been sent to the Government Accountability Office. The agencies were required to submit test results … more »
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June 11, 2012
Verizon Looks To Bring Interactivity Into The Dashboard
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, parent company of VERIZON WIRELESS, has acquired HUGHES TELEMATICS, which powers M2M applications in both consumer and commercial vehicles, GIGAOM reports. What's it has formed the 4G Venture Forum for Connected Cars, whose … more »
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April 30, 2012
Congressmen Ask GAO To Probe Broadcasters' Advocacy Spots
Reps. DARRELL ISSA (R-CA) and MIKE QUIGLEY (D-IL) have asked the GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE to look into broadcasters' use of advertising time to promote their position against the Performance Rights Act and other legislation. BROADCASTING … more »
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November 17, 2011
TuneIn Radio Leads With iPhone Users, Android Music Tops That Platform
ONAVO, a mobile data management and compression service, has found that TUNEIN RADIO was "the top music service on the iPHONE in OCTOBER, with 6.6% of users on the service at some point during the month. TUNEIN came out ahead of PANDORA (5.8%) and … more »
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September 22, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg Debuts 'Open Graph' Music Service, New Facebook Look
MARK ZUCKERBERG took the stage at FACEBOOK's f8 developer conference to introduce a "master plan for the social network." reports ENGADGET.COM. Dubbed "Open Graph," many of FACEBOOK users' favorite music services -- … more »
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July 6, 2011
GAO Report Says CPB, Not NPR, Provides Most Local Public Radio Funding
A new report from the GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) indicates that the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING provides the lion's share of funding to local public radio, not NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR), which has been in Congress' crosshairs for … more »