Small Webcaster deals: Bad for Net DJ biz?
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A music industry group has announced a deal with two dozen "small" Net radio outfits that freezes the fees they owe through 2010, but some say the terms are too restrictive to support.
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Small Internet radio stations were offered a break yesterday, when a recording industry group offered to reduce the royalties it collects for music played online.
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Blog: High def radio. Few are buying. But you can tell a lot from the price.
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For do-it-yourself Internet disc jockeys, the prospects for staying on the air may be up in the air.
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Web 2.0 companies, observe how Loic rolls his product out. It's done personally. Not with a big bang, but with nurturing, one user at a time, at first, then it will fan out, but it will always have the personal touch, because it began that way. In contrast, giving an exclusive to one press person or one blogger can be much less effective. It may get you on top of the ladder for a moment, but the glory fades fast, and then what? And your first impression is in the hands of someone else. What if he or she doesn't like you or your product? (Or worse, if they have a conflicting interest, I've seen it happen.) You could get sandbagged. Most PR firms show you how to do the big bang rollout, because that's all they know. But even the greatest promoters, with the most press credit (I'm thinking of Steve Jobs) won't rely exclusively on the press to carry their product. They guide it, they put their personal signature on it, they create an experience. No doubt in the next few days there will be a lot of rollouts because of the Web 2.0 conf in SF. The only ones you'll read about here, with any positive juice, are the ones that roll out with personality.
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Sunday, July 15, was supposed to be the day that Internet music died: A new fee schedule was set to go into effect, including a $500 &quot;per channel&quot; minimum fee. Because many of the most popular audio-streaming sites, such as Pandora and 365Live, allow users to create their own specialized channels of music built around specific artists or songs, they were facing the prospect of paying the minimum per channel fee on tens or even hundreds of thousands of channels.
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Blog: New entrant into the online music scene is a potential haven for indie musicians--but how will it do in an already crowded online music market?
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I saw an ad in yesterday's NY Times that offered the complete New Yorker magazine archive, including all the cartoons and ads, going back to 1920-something for a bit more than the hard disk would cost. The ad was from J&R, the company that makes the product is Pexagon. $149. Sounds like there might be DRM. I asked for something like this from the music business. A hundred gigs of popular music for $500, all pre-installed on the disk without DRM.  Someone at the New Yorker had this idea too? It's a good one. Bulk content for collector types. Another source of revenue. I want to run my own personal radio station, so having every song of a certain genre or from a certain period makes the diff.
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Auction site will offer radio spots, in a rival to a similar Google service.
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The performance rights organization that collects royalties from streaming music providers on behalf of recording artists and copyright holders, has offered small streamers a reduced rate that caps royalties collected at 10% to 12% of their annual revenue. But for selected streamers to qualify, they would need to sign an agreement with the SoundExchange organization that would include a cap on growth, and a possible penalty for growing too fast.
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DirecTV and EchoStar make a deal to sell wireless broadband. Will it be enough?
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By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe  May 26--Stung by the backlash against increased royalties charged to  Internet broadcasters, the music industry this week offered to give small  online broadcasters a break.
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When you can spend over a thousand dollars for all-in-one portable digital microphones that record at broadcast quality, podcasting (or netcasting -- call it what you will) has gotten ready for primetime. In Listening Post.
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It looks grim for webcasters -- the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board announces retroactive rates, endorsing a per-play proposal by RIAA-associated SoundExchange. In Listening Post.
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Our story on Tuesday regarding the proposed Internet streaming royalty fees generated a lot of buzz in the streaming radio community, which prompted prominent members of that industry to share with us some more up-to-date statistics. BetaNews is now able to make more accurate projections about what major and minor streaming radio providers are likely to pay.
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Blog: Microsoft said it is teaming with Website Pros to offer an $80 monthly service to help small businesses set up and maintain their Web site.
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The company's new software might let private information go public. Also: A new website pays you to help your friends buy products  & hellip;. LAN operators start to gear up  & hellip;. and more.