DJ Premier¬†has announced that the Live From HQ podcasts have been cancelled as the result of threats from the RIAA. Here’s Live From HQ’s A.C.’s explanation of the situation: Our¬†site has been hit with a cease & desist order from the RIAA for broadcasting copywritten material. Additionally, our relationship with SIRIUS has been up and […]

Billboard today announced an update to its Hot 100 list,¬†a ranking of the top 100 songs in the US,¬†adding weekly streamed and on-demand music data from AOL Music and Yahoo! Music. The Billboard Hot 100¬†ranks songs by aggregating sales and radio data. Digital delivery began playing an important role in the chart’s composition in February […]

From the department of bad ideas that won’t die comes word that Canada may be levying a fee on iPods & other portable media players, along with digital media, to meet demands of an organization that represents the interests of the music and movie industries. Legal blogger Dr. Micheal Geist has an excellent rundown on […]

CD sales are taking a dive this year, as more and more music fans get their music fix from free music podcasts¬†and digital music services like iTunes. 229.8 million albums were sold in the United States from Jan. 1 to July 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. That is a 15 percent decrease over the […]

Warner Music has announced that it is cutting 400 jobs in response to quarterly losses that were larger than expected. The world’s fourth-largest music company reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $27 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with a loss of $7 million, or 5 cents a share, a year earlier. “The […]

Nearly 30 years after it aired on television, episodes of WKRP, a television show about the antics of a Cincinatti radio station, are being made available on DVD. Unfortunately for fans, the series, which prominently featured Dr. Johnny Fever (played by Howard Hesseman) playing popular music of the day, has been “butchered”, removing the music […]

“User-generated” podcasts and Internet media are one of the biggest threats to mainstream media, according to a survey of media and entertainment executives released today. In its annual survey of senior executives in the media and entertainment industry, Accenture examined the growth strategies of companies across the landscape of advertising, film, music, publishing, radio, the […]

It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. We missed a couple of days while we were in London for the Corporate Podcasting Summit – so we’ve got a double-dose of free music podcasts […]

Mercora today announced the worldwide launch of Mercora M v2, a social music player and mobile radio service for 3G-enabled mobile devices. Mercora also announced an agreement with Microsoft Windows MobileR to provide users with a 6-month complimentary subscription to the M v2 service. “Mobile convergence is a reality ‚Äì the mobile phone is rapidly […]

It’s 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News – all month we’re highlighting free music podcasts, and exploring the range of ways that people are using podcasts to share music. We’ve looked some fairly traditional radio-style shows, like KEXP’s live performances podcast, and some podcasts that explore using podcasting as a new way […]