Last.fm tells us it has agreed to pay performance royalties to the PPL collection society for songs it streams over its web radio service in the UK. It’s a somewhat…

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The fall in radio audiences has long been blamed on the growth of online and iPods amongst younger listeners. In the week the latest Rajar figures showed further declines in…

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Fru Hazlitt, who, we revealed yesterday, has been named CEO of commercial radio group GCap, was hired in part thanks to her online experience. Hazlitt was with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)…

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There’s still life in the old dog yet. Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) biz dev guys have been busy bees - both Bebo and UK commercial radio leader GCap have decided to…

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The BBC has rebadged its web radio player “iPlayer Radio” ahead of radio being fully integrated in to the online catch-up TV offering in 2008. The player lets listeners hear…

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British consumers are getting some of the best deals for broadband, mobile and television services in Europe, thanks to cheap bundled services, according to an exhaustive report from Ofcom, looking…

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France has decided to eschew the DAB+ standard for its digital radio rollout and use the DMB format more commonly associated with mobile TV delivery, despite criticism the move will…

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- BBC: The BBC may have dropped plans to deliver local broadband TV thanks its cash shortfall, but it will continue with its plan to pump £100 million into new…

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Emap (LSE: EMA) will sell its consumer magazines and radio divisions to H. Bauer for £1.14 billion, it announced in the early hours of this morning. Two caveats - shareholders…

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UK radio and technology group UBC Media Group is launching its Cliq mobile-radio hybrid music service that will let DAB digital radio listeners buy music tracks they hear on air.…

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Commercial radio leader GCap managed to grow year-on-year online revenue by 50 percent (£800,000), interim results for the six months to September 30 show. Join the dots and the company…

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Guardian Unlimited is further staking out its non-core media credentials by joining the Radio Academy and the UK Podcasters Association. The paper’s former media editor Matt Wells, appointed this year…

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BBC Radio has launched some of its first podcasts around commercial recorded music, though its licensing agreements with the industry severely curtail the duration of songs. Some 19 new podcasts…

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A watershed moment, indicating the internet is now swallowing up other media - 82 percent of Europeans aged 16 to 24 now use the internet between five and seven days…

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-- More controversy may be swirling around the BBC’s iPlayer. Today Ofcom questioned whether the cost of offering HDTV programming over the Internet-based TV service could outweigh the public value…

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Independent News & Media today reported revenues of 816 million euros (566 million pounds) as half-year profits fell by 13 percent to 94 million euros (65.2 million pounds) due to…

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Commercial radio leader GCap Media (LON:GCAP) will buck the trend by not launching social network features when it relaunches the websites for its 43 regional stations in October. Galaxy stations…

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What’s in a name? Not a chief exec, that’s for sure. - Virgin Media: Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) has appointed head hunters to find a replacement for Steve Burch, who resigned…

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GCap (LON:GCAP) has become a member of the UK Podcasters Association, an umbrella body advocating podcasters’ rights, in a sign Britain’s largest commercial radio operator is getting more serious about…

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