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The Internet Hasn’t Killed the Radio Star: Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman’s Full Dive Into Media Interview

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on February 9 at 11:07 am PT

The guy who helped build MTV, then AOL, is now running a radio giant in an Internet age. Why?

Spotify Dollars Boost Warner Music, but Not as Much as iTunes

Peter Kafka in Media on February 9 at 7:45 am PT

Streaming music services are growing quickly. But, for big music, digital still means downloads.

Neil Young, the Donkey and Digital Music: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on February 7 at 8:00 am PT

Neil Young explains why today’s music sounds awful, why Steve Jobs agreed with him, and what he wants to do to fix the problem.

WMG Chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. on Apple, Spotify and the Fate of EMI (Video)

John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 3:51 pm PT

What would Bronfman change about WMG’s deal with Apple?

An Exit Interview With Warner Music Group Chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr.

John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT

Edgar Bronfman Jr. talks about EMI, Apple, Spotfiy and more on his last day as chairman of Warner Music Group.

News Byte

Rhapsody Arrives in U.K. and Germany Via Napster Deal

Peter Kafka in Media on January 26 at 12:01 am PT

Streaming music service Rhapsody, which has only been available in the U.S. for the last 11 years, has finally made it to Europe. The service has finished a deal to buy one-time competitor Napster’s operations in the U.K. and Germany; last fall, Rhapsody bought Napster’s U.S. assets. Rhapsody competitor Spotify isn’t in Germany yet, but industry sources expect that to change soon.

Digital Music Sales Grow Worldwide, but Big Music Still Frets About Pirates

Peter Kafka in Media on January 23 at 7:42 am PT

Give people a choice, and they might pay for digital music, after all. Also, it helps if they can’t steal it.

Developers Get Ready To Tell Facebook About Every “Action” You Take

Liz Gannes in Social on January 17 at 5:00 am PT

These are the apps made by outside developers that “frictionlessly” and continuously share users’ actions back to Facebook after a user has given permission once.

Facebook said these and other partners would be launching Open Graph apps

Why Rhapsody Is (Probably) Bigger Than Spotify — In the U.S.

Peter Kafka in Media on January 12 at 3:00 am PT

Jon Irwin’s music service has been at it for 10 years, and it doesn’t get anything like the attention that the new guys get. But, at the very least, he is holding is own.