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Prowling
around....
Here
are links that may be of interest to our readers. Interspeed.net
is a huge source of links in itself, and mvdaily.com is a new-music resource,
including links:
http://classicalmus.interspeed.net/links.html (1-23-01--link no longer
valid)
http://www.mvdaily.com
Released
by NewMusicBox
The
June Issue of NewMusicBox is online at www.newmusicbox.org.
Highlights include Frank J. Oteri’s interview with Foster Reed of New Albion
Records and Steve Smith’s “hyperhistory” of American independent labels.
Nonesuch President Bob Hurwitz, 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron
Jay Kernis and others describe what makes them buy a recording. You can
respond to them as well as estimate the size of the new music audience
in our interactive forum. There are also complete tracking details for
40 new CDs and a national calendar featuring over 200 concert listings
of performances of American music. And there is now a complete guide to
the 24 RealAudio music samples scattered throughout the issue.
Who
uses the internet?
As reported in the May 8 issue of Billboard magazine:
A recent Edison/Arbitron study revealed what visitors to radio stations’
websites were interested in finding and doing online:
1.
Information on community events
2.
Information on concerts
3.
Title and artist of songs played
4.
Listening to the station
5.
Linking with advertisers
6.
Entering contests
7.
Viewing programming schedules
Of the 10,500 radio stations licensed in the USA, 4300 now have an internet
presence. Of those, 1100 stations feature audio.
There are 185 internet-only “radio” stations in the United States alone.
Around the nation, one-third of consumers are now online. Of those, 19%
have listened to radio on the internet.
Press
releases worth noting
Two
press releases have been issued that have created a great deal of discussion,
positive and negative, in the public radio community. Here arethe first
paragraphs of each. The full releases are available at the web addresses
noted below.
MINNEAPOLIS,
June 7, 1999 — Public Radio International (PRI) announced today that it
has entered into an agreement with CD Radio, Inc., a leader in the development
of satellite radio broadcasting, to develop a full-time (24 hours per day)
channel of public radio news, information, and entertainment programming
to be available in the fall of 2000. Other program channels are under discussion.
http://www.pri.org
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WASHINGTON,
DC, June 8, 1999—National Public Radio® (NPR®) [has] announced
an exclusive agreement with CD Radio, the satellite-to-car broadcaster,
to provide programming for two channels on CD Radio’s national digital
satellite radio service. The alliance enables NPR, its member stations,
and
independent producers to develop innovative programs for CD Radio. CD Radio
becomes the only satellite broadcaster of public radio programming nationwide.
http://www.cdradio.com
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