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As with other mediums, revenue is down but radio is far from out of business. New technologies and a return to localism will help.

Radio owners are trapped in a vicious cycle which is not allowing them to steer clear of the "negative" perception that Rher talks about. On the one hand, they know that they need to invest in more compelling content to not only maintain their core listeners but also to bring back all those people...

Google's Android starts with one big disadvantage -- time -- and one big advantage -- brand name.  But they are competing against another huge brand in Apple who also controlled the hardware and software.  Though this is directly in line with their strategy, they are leaving part of the OS...

Be bought or suffer the consequences - the torrid truth of developing for the Mac platform. Apple's history is littered with examples of 3rd party developers that have been bought out by Apple or had war declared. But will this apparent policy serve Apple in the future?

At the NAB Radio Show in Austin, CEO David Rehr challenges the radio industry to avoid negatism sweeping the industry and encourages operators to promote the success of the medium at both reaching audiences and through new technologies.

As solid as it may seen, Liberty Media reports a great second quarter results, though we might have to stay back and wait for better results as the market continuously prefers in house entertainment than out of the house entertainment.  Out of the house entertainment has been loosing ground through...

- Nielsen comes out with a new study - telling us everything we already know, and analysts rush to measure the industry-changing impact. The knee-jerk reaction is that the advertising industry will adjust spending from "mainstream" markets to ethnically-diverse outlets; however, Entertainment companies...

What appears to a novel idea is yet but a variation on the the common magazine subscription ploy seen in a myriad of advertising venues from newspaper insertions to the proverbial telemark person. And not the least the Internet ever present Congratulations you have been chose to receive a $500 gift...

*Scripps move can only put money in its pocket as it joins then rands of YouTube partners *It *will* reach some younger demographic groups, but YouTUbe skews a bit older than is commonly thought. *Lifestyle seems to be a good match for YouTubers who generally look for light fare.  

*YouTube's bandwith is costing google $1 million dollars per day *No estimates have Google taking in nearly that much in revenue *Larger banners ads are appearing, but more ingenious forms of advertising coming. *Google is even partnering with companies that have copyrighted material on the...