DC To Webcasters: Drop Dead

Whatever happens with web radio from this point forward will depend on whatever concessions webcasters can wrest from SoundExchange and the record labels that back it.

Invoking the Name of YouTube

Has the word "YouTube" become synonymous with phrases like "voice of the people" and "civil right"? The reason I ask is that though it's not abundantly clear what, exactly, YouTube has to do with New York City film permits, the name was invoked as if it were an argument stopper. I'm not a New Yorker, so the news that the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater…

Multiple Ad Placements Perform Well

I saw an old episode of “Cheers” the other night; in it, a woman repeatedly sang her phone number to Frasier, and (much to Lilith’s dismay) Norm, Cliff, and Woody took up the tune.  Believe it or not, this does (sort of) relate to eBusiness - a new study found that “Multiple Online Ad Placements Impress.”

NBC Gets Corny With P2P Fight

Let's hope the FCC is smarter than this. Wait, which FCC? Oh, crap. In a filing with the FCC, lobbyists for NBC Universal recently made this anti-piracy claim (paraphrased): Piracy hurts corn farmers and farm equipment manufacturers.