The Daily Loper - March 5, 2007
Samurai Delicatessen Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Save Internet Radio (again)
Speaking of internet radio. The US Copyright Office has updated the performance royalty schedule for internet broadcasters. It’s looking very bad for every but the largest corporations. The new fee schedule would effectively silence the vast majority of internet stations. - WFMU Marathon MP3s — Day One!
Free mp3 love from WFMU and a reminder that the annual marathon has begun. Unlike most non-profit radio stations, WFMU is at its best during the pledge drive. Tune in, turn on, and write a check. - Diebold weighs strategy for voting unit
Apparently the ongoing problems with Diebold’s voting systems are starting to hurt the company’s reputation with its biggest clients — banks. Yeah, banks tend to be sticklers about getting the numbers right. - Sounding a ring tone retreat
Money quote: "Downloadable tones "are cool for about two calls and then you’re just the person with the loud ring tone." Has the trend peaked? One can only hope. - An Open Letter to the Seattle Weekly
A botched movie review inspires anger and a call for local reporting. Isn’t that what blogs are for? - Country music hopes for big-city future
My guess as to why country music isn’t finding big city audiences? The fact that it sounds like the stuff you hear on every other easy-listening station in the nation. Make country country again, and the audience will come. - The short version
Greg Sandow takes a look at the shrinking classical music audience and what can be done.
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