Radio Headlines November 18

Best of the Day – Jacobs Blog, social media, and your next sales meeting.

Radio-info (255,191 Monthly Visits says Compete.com) – Leads with giving up radio’s federal exemption from music royalty payments is not up for discussion.  Mel keeps saying he is not leaving Sirius XM to run the new NBC Universal.    Read more …

All Access (92,023 Monthly Visits) – Leads with new NAB leader speaking of royalties, consolidation, neutrality, and common news rooms.  MySpace looking to acquire a music streaming site and revamp its business.  Read more …

RBR (29,457) – Leads with NAB show of force about not giving up the royalty pay exemption.  Next radio item … talkers crossing the line.  Read more …

Radio Ink (14,294) – Leads with NAB meeting on the hill about royalty issues and covers the same comments by CEO Smith that radio has no money to pay royalties.   Read more …

Inside Radio (11,821) – Adds new detail to the royalty issue … find a way to include music owners in the $500 million currently paid to songwriters.  New October online radio measures have Pandora in the lead and the online radio business expects $40 million in this year’s revenue column.     Read more …

Inside Music Media (Unknown) – Tells the music media companies it’s time to sell $.05 songs and make buying as easy as texting.  Illegal file sharing is the big gorilla, not royalty free radio, not Steve Jobs, not iTunes, and not internet radio.  The next generation loves music.  They just don’t love your old ways.  Read more …

Kurthanson/RAIN (8,505) – Leads with internet executive rejoins team at Entercom as head of digital operations.  Read more …

Hear 2.0 (4,173) –Writes about the new listener controlled airplay.  New service called Jelli is gathering attention.   Read more …

Jacobs Media Blog (1,188) – Splenda’s Canard … good Stuff!!!  Real, candid, hard hitting points about social media and old media.  It’s not either or but both.  This is definitely required for your next sales meeting.  Read more …

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RADIO NEWS WEBSITE TRAFFIC up 44% in February

February, 2009, online radio news site traffic was up  44% over last year.  The top 10 radio news sites we summarize from www.compete.com public information had 253,009 unique site visitors, making an average of 3.8 visits/month, clicking 4-pages each visit, and spending 3:12 on average time online. 

A link to the full summary is avaiable at the end of this post and includes www.Radio-info.com www.RadioandRecords.com www.allaccess.com  www.rbr.com www.radioink.com www.RAB.com  www.hear2.com www.Kurthanson.com (RAIN) www.insideradio.com and www.NAB.com

Radio teams know the web brings the fastest, most relevant, and well presented news about the radio industry. 

It’s interesting the most active sites have the most interactive tools.  Message boards, research, multi-media, and tagging/commenting/sharing social tools are found in the leader’s websites.

www.Radio-info.com and www.radioandrecords.com account for 70% of the top-10 time spent online.  Read the details in the free PDF.  No registration required.

Radio teams would do well to look at their own station websites and incorporate interactive/multimedia  tools they appreciate when they read their industry news.  

 

Radio News Website Share of Time Online Feb 2009

FREE PDF DOCUMENT: radio-news-sites-february-2009