Originally Posted by
MUSCLE13
What I said is you have no background in radio. None. You disagree with the absolute best in the industry ie- Karmazin, Smulyan, and Pittman. I am supposed to believe you know better? Come on. Everybody in radio is trying to make money at thios and nobody has in 17 years. You know better. Sure. They say no barrier to entry but you know better. I can't count how many times in those 17 years Mel has spoken at conferences about no barrier to entry for internet radio.
Let's answer your questions
Yes or no muscle....Does it take negotiated deals with the labels to create an internet radio company?
Yes or no muscle, does it take millions in capital to market an internet radio company?
Yes or no muscle, does it take thousands of man-hours to create a platform?
No, No and No. Turntable.fm, which the analyst from BTIG Greenfield thinks is going to be huge competition for Pandora has no deals with the labels and is going on a shoestring budget. It has an absolutely huge buzz. Could it beat Pandora in the next couple of years. Of course it can. There are no barriers.
The fact that my nephew, you, old terrestrial stations and anybody and their grandmother can create internet stations online for free points to fragmentation. A million stations with 100 people listening a piece = 100 million people being fragmented. Nature of internet radio. Blogs as well. There is no limit.