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BY PAUL MALONEY
Live365 EVP/Corporate Strategy and General Counsel John
Jeffrey is leaving the Internet radio network to launch
a business
consulting firm and a new law practice.
The Foster City, CA-based company made the announcement late
last night via a press release.
"Although I am excited by the opportunity to create a new firm
for entertainment and technology businesses, my excitement is tempered
by the realization that I will be leaving a great company," Jeffrey
(pictured at right) said in the press statement. "I remain confident
that the highly skilled staff at Live365
will build the business into a powerful and profitable media brand
and that the merging of
radio and the Internet will be fantastically successful."
Jeffrey was a vocal proponent and a visible spokesperson for
webcasters seeking relief from what were called "unfair"
and "over-burdensome"
music royalties determined by the Librarian of Congress. Live365 was
a party to the CARP webcasting hearings, and in March 2002, Jeffrey
and his company tried to open the CARP appeal process to smaller webcasters
who had not participated in the hearings by allowing them to contribute
to Live365's "reply comment." Later, Live365 filed two separate
motions to try to prevent the Librarian's webcasting royalty rate
from going into effect.
The new consulting firm, Point
Break Media, will work closely with the new law practice,
according to an
e-mail from Jeffrey. He says he will continue to provide legal services
and advice to Live365 as well.
Live365 COO Raghav Gupta said,
"John has played a major role in helping us build Live365 into the
largest Internet radio service in the world and his efforts have been
greatly appreciated. I know John will succeed with his new firm, and
we here at Live365 look forward to continuing to work with him."
Thanks to the dozens of our friends who attended the
RAIN Reader
Cocktail Party last night at Gordon Biersch Brewery
Restaurant in Las Vegas -- which included the U.S. debut of
Kurt's "The Future of Radio" speech.
Thanks especially to our co-sponsors -- BRS
Media, Custom
Channels.net, Limelight Networks,
RadioWebStuff, StreamGuys,
InvisibleHand Networks,
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BY PAUL MALONEY
According to a report in industry news source Inside
Radio, Clear
Channel has struck streaming agreements with
Hiwire,
Chaincast,
LiquidCompass,
and Lightningcast
that should
allow "hundreds more" CC stations to return to streaming
by summer.
RAIN reported in January (here)
that the company had decided to shift the financial responsibility
for webcasting
to the individual stations, which led to approximately 150 stations
to shut downs their streams. Then on Wednesday RAIN reported
(here)
that several Clear Channel stations across the country had entered
individual deals with a variety of streaming companies (including
those mentioned in the Inside Radio story), and that the company
is considering a subscription-based streaming
service for all its stations.
Clear Channel VP/New Technology Brian
Parsons, according to Inside Radio, says there are arrangements
that will allow
stations to stream for as little as $100 a month.
In August, Inside Radio merged with M
Street Publications, of which Clear Channel is part owner
(in RAIN here).
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From a RealNetworks press release: "RealNetworks
is offering free seminars on the RealOne RadioPass Partner Program
to attendees at the National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas.
The RadioPass Partner Program is a unique, low-risk program designed
to allow broadcasters to deploy an Internet subscription strategy
with little or no start-up cost and effort.
"The seminar will discuss general Internet radio background
and trends, how broadcasters can participate and
benefit from online subscription models today, RealNetworks' RealOne
RadioPass subscription service, and how to participate in
the RealOne RadioPass Partner Program...
"The schedule for the seminars is as follows: today,
April 9, 1-1:50pm; and Thursday,
April 10, 12-12:50pm."
BY PAUL MALONEY
RealNetworks and Live365 have announced a partnership that
will make the RealOne Player the "preferred" media
application for the Net radio network and add 100 Live365
stations to the RealOne Radio directory. The announcement was made
today at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las
Vegas.
The deal, according to a RealNetworks
press release, includes promotion for Live365 webcasting services
via the RealOne Player.
Live365's top 25 stations ranked fourth among Net radio networks
by Arbitron's
Measurecast service, with 755,222 hours of Total Time Spent Listening
(TTSL) for the week of March 17-23 (the most recent ratings, here).
Live365 says they attract a monthly "cume" audience of more
than 3 million. |
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