It is no secret that terrestrial radio is suffering. Across the board, ad revenues are down to such an extent that even huge companies like Clear Channel are feeling the pain. Powerhouse radio stations like WBCN (credited with launching bands like U2 and the Police in the U.S.)… → Read More
Pandora Says Royalty Crisis is Finally Over
After many months of uncertainty and endless questions surrounding the long term viability of the ad supported internet radio model, an agreement has finally been reached. In an agreement set to run through 2015 Pandora will now see a 40-50% reduction in the per-song-per-listener minimum rates and will… → Read More

Smartphone Score: Pandora 4 Sirius XM 0
Its been 11 months since the Apple iPhone App Store opened its doors and over a billion downloads later, there is still no sign of an official Sirius XM iPhone application. I should probably mention that the guys at Sirius XM have been saying that we should expect… → Read More

Slacker Markets Updated iPhone and Blackberry App
Slacker is continuing to broaden their reach in the Internet radio universe. The Slacker application, with over 1,000,000 downloads to their credit, has just turned up the volume again by releasing new apps for the iPhone and Blackberry with added features to improve the listening experience. Slacker’s new… → Read More

Pandora: The Latest Threat to Sirius XM
Those who love Sirius XM think that all of these “free” internet radio companies are no threat to the satellite radio business but, is that really true? Top dog Pandora now has 27 million registered users and is growing strong to the tune of 50,000 new users per… → Read More

Marriage of Sirius XM and HD Radio?
Throughout the merger process, HD Radio was a hot topic of discussion. There were proposals brought forth that wanted to mandate that satellite radio would have to include HD technology in every radio sold. Thankfully, capitalistic thoughts won out the debate, and the success of HD Radio would… → Read More

Slacker to be Standard on New Sony X-Series Walkman
Just as Sirius XM Radio is getting ready to launch their iPhone application, Slacker takes another step out in front to differentiate itself. Slacker will be featured as a standard application on the soon to be released Sony X-Series Walkman. The new Sony X-Series features some state of… → Read More

Slacker now on the Blackberry Storm
It’s only been a few weeks since the launch of the Slacker iPhone application and already the guys at Slacker have another streaming app. ready to go for the Blackberry Storm. This latest app. allows Blackberry users in the U.S with an OS of 4.3 or higher to… → Read More

Slacker iPhone Application Officially Available
The guys over at Slacker have officially released a shiny new iPhone application for their increasingly popular Slacker online streaming radio service. The free application is available for all iPhone and iTouch users by visiting Slacker.com/iPhone or by simply heading over to the Apple iPhone App Store. Fans… → Read More

Slacker On Blackberry Gives Satellite A Fight
We have written about the ability to get Sirius XM on your Blackberry. The interface is slick and the service gives subscribers yet another option to stay tuned to any of twenty Sirius XM channels. For satellite radio subscribers the migration to the world of cellular has been… → Read More