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LMFAO! Excellent stuff Sirius Roadkill.
I think i have no choice but to hire you, especially because i know how closely you follow inflation rates and budget deficits. :) I will be sure to bring this film in on time and under budget.
You dont mind though if i direct my own film do you? I mean some of those plot points are great, but just wouldnt work so well in MY film. I do however look forward to being the DP on yours.
Yes, lets get this baby in the can!
"Last week, the Copyright Office published in the Federal Register the final decision of the Copyright Royalty Board on the statutory rates for Internet radio royalties - royalties paid by webcasters for the noninteractive streaming of sound recordings.
Broadcasters who are streaming their programming on the Internet pay lower per performance royalties than webcasters paying the statutory rate in the first years of the 5 year period, but higher rates at the end of the period. (See a summary of the Broadcaster royalty agreement here). "Pureplay" webcasters, like Pandora, pay significantly lower per performance royalties than either broadcasters or those paying under the statutory rate, but are required to pay a minimum fee of 25% of the gross revenue of their entire business - ruling out these lower rates as an option for any service that has lines of business other than webcasting
The differing royalty rates for these three groups of webcasters can be summarized as set forth below."
Broadcasters Per Performance Royalties
•2011 - $.0017 per performance
•2012 - $.0020 per performance
•2013 - $.0022 per performance
•2014 - $.0023 per performance
•2015 - $.0025 per performance
Statutory Webcasting Per Performance Royalty Rates
•2011 - $.0019 per performance
•2012 - $.0021 per performance
•2013 - $.0021 per performance
•2014 - $.0023 per performance
•2015 - $.0023 per performance
Pureplay Webcasters Per Performance Royalty Rates
•2011 - $.00102 per performance
•2012 - $.00110 per performance
•2013 - $.00120 per performance
•2014 - $.00130 per performance
•2015 - $.00140 per performance
http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2011...-services-pay/
Microsoft will stop making new versions of its Zune music player, Bloomberg News reports, though the company’s music and video services will live on in Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 and on PCs.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/...?asid=03152e25
March 14, 2011 5:00 AM
To woo the coveted drive-time listener, Pandora and rival Clear Channel are trying to outfit cars with music apps.
By Steve Knopper, contributor
The battle between Internet radio and traditional broadcasters is coming to a dashboard near you. Pandora, the 11-year-old online music service that recommends and plays songs based on listeners' preferences, will soon be offered in a handful of Ford (F), Mercedes-Benz, Toyota (TM), and Hyundai models. Clear Channel Communications, the world's biggest radio company, is also busily working to ink deals with automakers; its iheartradio mobile app, which simulcasts 750 broadcasts of major stations, will be available in select Toyotas later this year.
Up for grabs: the 70% to 80% of radio listeners who tune in from their cars in any given week. (Also in the mix: satellite radio's 20 million subscribers.) For Pandora, which has successfully penetrated desktops and smartphones, the car is the next frontier. "When we look at growing, that's what we have our eyes on," says Pandora strategy chief Tim Westergren.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/...ar-radio-race/
Posted by Paul Smalera, Senior Editor
March 1, 2011 5:00 AM
Pandora's IPO might look like dot-com Bubble 2.0. But the company actually has a sound case for going public.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
"Pandora's prospectus lists 25 pages worth of risks facing investors, some of it more than the usual legal boilerplate Tyler."
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/...n-of-a-bubble/
"The White House on Tuesday voiced its support for an AM/FM performance royalty. The recommendation came from White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel.
The NAB responded that such a royalty would be a “jobs-killing fee on America’s hometown radio stations.” It also pointed out, reports Tom Taylor in his Radio-Info newsletter, that the White House has supported a broadcast radio performance royalty “for a while now.”
Taylor reports that there “apparently aren’t any active talks between the NAB and MusicFirst.” In October 2010 the NAB published a proposed performance royalty settlement which included provisions about FM receivers in cellphones and webcasting royalties. It received an icy reception from NAB members and MusicFirst."
http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/articles
"Now that Sirius XM is profitable post-merger and throwing off lots of free cash flow since it is not currently having to launch any new satellites, cash is piling up in the corporate coffers. Having passed on Internet radio investments, the company’s board is evaluating options to return cash to shareholders at some point. But what about the idea of buying a terrestrial radio company?"
http://www.rbr.com/radio/mel-karmazi...-audience.html
* bold emphasis added by me for benefit of Tyler Savery
"The interconnectedness of the global economy continues to be illustrated following the Japanese earthquake. Beyond the human impact, Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin says the satellite radio company is closely monitoring developments at technology suppliers and carmakers."
http://www.insideradio.com/
"When it came down to sort of figuring out what I was really after, I was pretty sure I was going to leave the radio," Stern says about his recent contract renewal. "I thought I'd kind of done what I needed to do. I still enjoyed it, but I also found that I wanted time to do some other things. Right now, my schedule is pretty much the same as it's always been. And then as time rolls on I'll probably do about three shows a week."
http://www.fmqb.com/goout.asp?u=http...story-20110316
Just finished listening to Tyler's interview of Jim Cady, CEO of Slacker . . .
ooh-fah what a Lovefest . . . Tyler made Larry King look like F. Lee Bailey! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-love038.gif
Anywho, when asked about Slacker's total user-base, Cady guided to 25-30 Million users and guided to paid-tier subscribers "in the 100's of 1,000's" and "growing at a good clip."
So take the upper end, say 750,000 paid subscribers and use 27,500,000 as total user base:
750,000/27,500,000 = 2.73%
or, if ya wanna get really crazy . . . say 999,999/25,000,000 = 4% . . . woo-boy, break out the Merlot!
now be careful with this one . . quite a few of you were caught napping on the last trivia question; don't try and read anything into the question . . . just go with your gut instincts and do not try to apply central tendency theory (I know about that too). ok, here goes . . .
Which of the following is NOT a phrase recently used by Tyler Savery:
A.) Pumping Shit
B.) Blowing Smoke
C.) Pissing Up a Rope
D.) Pulling out of Posterior
E.) Separating Down to Gnat's Ass
Yahoo, We7, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and digital agency Somethin’ Else form a new consortium, funded with £1.8 million from the Technology Strategy Board — which is in turn funded by the UK government. The goal of the consortium is reportedly to develop a “cloud radio” service codenamed “Apollo” which should be ready by next year.
There aren’t many details to go on yet, as PaidContent reports. The take-away for now is that some big names in online music have come together to create some sort of new service.
“The focus for Apollo will be to develop next-generation personal radio and music services that can work across any Internet-connected device, such as mobiles, tablets and web TVs,” the group’s announcement states.
Beyond that, it’s yet to be seen what kind of service this will be, much less what its impact may be on UK and international online radio. Stay tuned.
UK service We7 announced late last year that it would move away from on-demand music and instead focus on Internet radio. “Becoming the Pandora plus of the UK and Europe would be a great aspiration to have,” We7’s CEO said then.
“Apollo would seem to be an enlargening of that idea,” observes PaidContent
http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419...l-cloud-radio/
"Online music developers and Pandora and Last.fm lovers, take note. The next phase in research on how to deliver smart music delivery systems is underway, facilitated by a Million Song Dataset just released by The Echo Nest music application company."
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011...t-its-free.ars
Mar 16, 2011 11:27 AM, By Mark Krieger
" . . . populist outrage over burgeoning public debt suggests that the perennial proposal to eliminate all federal funding for public broadcasting may finally find its legs in the halls of Congress -- and that could well be causing some discomfort for those whose interests align with the advancement of HD Radio."
The brief mention of a radio performance royalty in a White House intellectual property white paper earned kudos from musicFIRST’s Tom Matzzie. "We appreciate the Administration's support and look forward to the day when performers are fairly compensated."
http://www.rbr.com/radio/musicians-g...a-support.html
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C'mon to politics and general once in a while!
9 cent range today. Crazy, but if you're a trader, it may be interesting.
KI pills are being run on. Wow.
ok, I'm about to reveal the SB Trivia Question answer in the next post . . . so look away if you don't want to see the solution
The solution is "C.) Pissing Up a Rope" . . . Tyler has never used this phrase while acting in an official capacity as an Internet Radio Blogger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirius Roadkill
Considering Tyler's proclivity toward employing scatological references whenever possible, I could see how many of you were led astray on this one and chose "E.) Separating Down to a Gnat's Ass" because it sort of doesn't involve the potential for expulsion of a bodily fluid . . . but he did in fact use this phrase.
Now I know "airman" will be along shortly requesting that I provide the citation and context for that quote, so here it is, in advance:
It occurred on March 9, 2011 during an episode of Sirius Buzz Radio.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/playgro...ble-march-2011
I suggest you zoom ahead to the 26:50 mark . . . that is where muscle13 begins his blistering cross-examination of Tyler Savery
Savery was in the witness box, looking rather pasty and wearing a crumpled purple shirt with an open, unironed, collar and kind of smirking at the jury (pictured below). It was steamy in the courtroom and little beads of sweat had already begun to form around Savery's temples as muscle13 stood to address the court:
muscle: good evening your honor, muscle13 on behalf of Sirius XM
judge: thank you muscle, you may proceed . . but keep it tight
muscle: thank you your honor. This shouldn’t take long
In contrast to Savery, muscle was nicely tanned, looking as fresh as a flower . . cool as a cucumber, smartly dressed in a crisp white shirt, freshly pressed-collar, red power tie and dark navy suit . . . as he began his cross, muscle paced back and forth like a cheetah eyeing its prey, firing off rapid fire questions
muscle: name 1 profitable internet radio company in 17 years . . . 17 years . . . name me just ONE!
savery: (inaudible)
muscle: what other radio companies besides Sirius XM do you follow
savery: (silence)
muscle: name me 1 other radio company you have EVER followed. Name me ONE!
savery: (sweating more profusely now) I'll name three . . . ABC, CBS & NBC
(jurors roll eyes http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...olleyes010.gif. . audience erupts in laughter http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing010.gif http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing002.gif http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing013.gif. . . judge threatens to clear courtroom)
sensing the time is right, muscle moves in for the kill. stepping up to the witness box and resting 1 foot on the small ledge, muscle leans in closely (getting right up in Savery's grill) and shouts
muscle: TELL ME THE EBITDA MARGIN!
savery: (silence)
muscle: TELL ME CLEAR CHANNEL'S EBITDA MARGIN ON THUMBPLAY!
savery: (mopping brow - silence)
muscle: YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION! TELL ME THE EBITDA MARGIN ON INTERNET RADIO
and this is where Savery cracks, screaming . . .
savery: I DON'T F*CKING CARE IF CLEAR CHANNEL IS PROFITABLE. EVERYONE WANTS TO SEPARATE THIS THING DOWN TO THE GNAT'S ASS
seeing he had broken the witness . . .
muscle: I have nothing further your honor (cooly, calmly and deliberately walking back to his seat)
and there you have it airman . . .
"Rush to go public. Several tech initial public offerings are expected in the next 12 months, including online gaming site Zynga, business contact site LinkedIn, Internet radio station Pandora and online phone-call company Skype . . . Just because a company files plans for an IPO doesn't mean it will actually happen. Widely watched video game rental service GameFly, a sort of Netflix for video games, filed for a $50 million IPO on Feb. 10, 2010. However, more than a year later, the deal is still stuck in the pipeline."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/...ch-bubble-.htm
"a regression analysis over the past 20 years suggests there is actually no correlation” between gas prices at the pump and vehicle sales.
http://www.radio-info.com/news/risin...-or-car-buying