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Mixcloud Aims to Become "YouTube of Radio"

Mixcloud, an online radio site, which aims to be the "YouTube of radio," has just launched to the public. The site, which is based in London, aims to make radio more social, personal, and democratic. The public is taking notice. Mixcloud is already creating a lot of buzz, and has made the trending topics on Twitter.

The Future of Radio On The Internet

While we talk about the death of newspapers with great regularity it gets to be old news real quickly and even starts to feel a little mean. So to relieve that pressure eMarketer has come out with a report that is evidence of the decline and fall of another old friend, radio. Terresttrial radio is what we are talking about here. Good old fashioned over the airwaves kind of radio is heading in the same direction as newspapers which is sad but just another harsh reality of the shift in the media of the future.

Google Radio Automation Officially Sold

WideOrbit announced today that it has acquired Google's Radio Automation business, which includes Google Radio Automation, Maestro, and SS32 automation products. This has been known to be coming, but was made official today.

Pandora Back Atop Apple's App Store

Pandora's music discovery app has returned to its rightful place atop the Apple App Store. Sirius XM Radio gave them a pretty good run in the music category, edging out Pandora for several weeks. Alas, it wasn't meant to be though.

Zune Adds Key Compatibility Features

Microsoft announced that it will open its Zune video service to the Xbox LIVE this Fall. Microsoft also unvieled its newest portable media player, the Zune HD. Designed to compete with the popular iPod Touch, the Zune HD combines built-in an mp3 and video players, an HD radio receiver, HD video output, an OLED touch screen, Wi-Fi and an internet browser.More details:

Google Axes Radio Ads

Google is now shutting down its radio advertising business. This comes about a month after Google announced the shut down of its print advertising business, not to mention Google Notebook, Jaiku, Google Catalog Search, Mashup Editor, Dodgeball, and uploading to Google Video.

Podcasts Help Radio Listening In UK

One of the reasons I often hear as to why podcasting took off in the US is because of the poor choices available from radio. Homogenized content and script-reading presenters wherever you listen are among the anecdotal statistics thrown about.

Cable Ad Sales Fail At eBay

After a year, eBay closed down its Internet-based TV and radio ad selling platform, as cable channels avoided it due to fears of commoditizing ads.

Yahoo Running Radio Ads

When was the last time you listened to a radio ad?  Thanks to satellite radio, they simply don't exist for some people.  Others make a reflexive lunge for the remote or head unit every time the music stops.  Yahoo's trying its luck, however, with new promotional spots.

CBS, AOL Strike Radio Deal

CBS Radio has partnered with AOL to share streams from all of its 140 stations with AOL's online radio service.CBS Radio will power AOL's online radio stations and will also run advertising sales for the Time Warner properties 200 plus stations.The two companies plan to create a number of product improvements including a new player along with full support for the Mac.