3 posts and columns on radio station

Twitter Didn’t Kill Gordon Lightfoot. Big Media Did.

in Media on February 19, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

It’s easy to blame Twitter for falsely reporting that the guy who sings “Sundown” is dead. But you can’t pin this one on the messaging service or its users, who were merely repeating what a big Canadian news service had told them.

Ad Sales, Pay Walls, and Absolutely Nothing About iPads at the New York Times Earnings Call

in Media on February 10, 2010 at 8:01 am PT

The New York Times said things got better–or, if you like, no worse–during the last quarter of 2009. But investors are disappointed that the publisher isn’t more optimistic about 2010, and they’re pushing shares down this morning. Let’s see if the paper’s executives can turn that around during their earnings call.

Napster: Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for Our Awesome New iPhone App

in Media on September 1, 2009 at 6:40 am PT

Napster says it has an awesome new iPhone app that will let you stream music directly to your phone–just like the one Apple approved for Spotify, the superhyped service you can’t even get in the U.S. yet. But Napster says you won’t be able to use its app anytime soon, and it blames the big bad music labels.
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