Traditional Radio

If you're a music addict, you probably hate traditional radio, for obvious reasons. And according to the latest stats, younger listeners agree.  But this still remains a gorilla-sized format, and a major pla... Read More...

The following is a breakdown of every song played on terrestrial radio in the US for the week ending August 25th. Data tracked by Mediabase, compiled by Digital Music News. Number of artists getting at le... Read More...

Turns out the crusty tube and traditional radio dial are bigger than most think. Take a look at British media consumption patterns, by hour (courtesy of Ofcom). The exhaustive look in this Ofcom paper.... Read More...

US-based radio stations suffered a difficult first quarter, according to figures released by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). The group reported a decline of 24 percent to $3.43 billion during the three-m... Read More...

On the net, there's no doubt that rapper Gorilla Zoe's "Lost" is a smash. The song has been played more than 40 million times on MySpace, and has clocked more than 2.5 million downloads on P2P.  BigChampagne... Read More...

A Clear Channel Radio contract deemed unfriendly to independent artists is stirring backlash from a number of voices. Clear Channel is one of several radio conglomerates required to allocate programming time... Read More...

Clear Channel Communications is likely to be acquired in a massive private equity deal, though that means little to most terrestrial radio listeners. Regardless of acquisition approvals and per-share valuati... Read More...

Conventional wisdom suggests that iPod owners are swimming in their own collections, and leaving programmed radio stations behind. That certainly sounds like the typical iPod owner, though fresh research ind... Read More...