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Public Enemy's Chuck D still fighting the power

2010-03-20T06:15:08Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - At the end of "Pirate Radio" -- the 2009 feature film about a '60s illegal rock 'n' roll radio station in Europe's North Sea -- an array of albums is displayed: iconic symbols of musical independence that bucked the status quo. Among the albums on ...

scissor sisters live

2010-03-18T18:30:49Z

Jake Shears and Sandra Bernhard Scissor Sisters performing 'Tits on The Radio' live with Sandra Bernhard to a sold out crowd at Bowery Ballroom. New York City, Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at the age of 68, his employer, the British Broadcasting Corp., said Thursday.<...

Obama taps NPR reporter's sister for federal bench

2010-03-17T14:01:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama nominates sister of National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg for federal judgeship in Ga.</div><div><p>President Barack Obama has nominated the sister of National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (TOH'-ten-burgh) for a federal jud...

Sirius XM Radio to sell $550 million in bonds

2010-03-12T10:00:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Sirius XM Radio to sell $550 million in bonds to pay off debt due in 2013</div><div><p>Sirius XM Radio Inc. said Friday it plans to sell $550 million in new five-year bonds to pay off older debt.</p><p>It plans to use proceeds from the new bond sale to buy back notes that come due in 2013.</p><p>The satellite radio operator has started to turn itself around a...

radio 1 celebs

2010-03-10T17:49:10Z

Mary J. Blige leaving the BBC Radio 1 studios London, England - 10.03.10

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The Performance Rights Act ? Strange Fruit in Tough Economic Times

2010-03-10T23:17:16Z

On most mornings, you like many Americans, drive to work listening to one or more radio shows where you hear the latest news, traffic and weather reports, and listen to your favorite music. These radio shows provide comic relief as we endure the drive to our dreaded 9 to 5?s. And not only comic relief, they give us a beat to begin our day with because they know the pulse of the community.<br><br>Commercial radio stations like Houston?s KBXX (97.9 The Box) and KMJQ (Majic 102.1) or...

Q102 Hosts Meet And Greet With Justin Bieber

2010-03-08T19:18:12Z

BALA CYNWYD, PA - MARCH 8: Fans gather outside the Q102 radio station during an appearance by singer Justin Bieber on March 8, 2010 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. (Photo Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Copyright 2010 Dr. Drew and his family</div><div><p>A Los Angeles man accused of stalking Dr. Drew Pinsky and threatening the reality television and radio personality and his family has pleaded not guilty to six felony counts.</p><p>Prosecutors say 33-year-old

New publisher hired at amNew York

2010-03-05T15:47:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Newsday Media Group names new publisher of amNew York</div><div><p>A former vice president and advertising sales director for Sirius XM Radio has been named the new publisher of amNew York.</p><p>Newsday M...

Warwick wants performers paid for radio play

2010-03-02T12:00:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Singer Dionne Warwick says radio stations should pay performers for playing their tunes</div><div><p>Singer Dionne Warwick said Tuesday it's only fair to make radio stations pay royalties to performers — herself included — when they broadcast music.</p><p>Warwick, 69, appeared at a Capitol Hill event to urge Congress to pass le...

BRITAIN BBC CUTS

2010-03-02T10:32:42Z

The British Broadcasting Corporation's new media city complex is reflected in the waters of Salford Quays, Manchester, England, Tuesday March 2, 2010. The BBC announced that it will drop two of its radio stations and pare back its Web spending as part of a wide-ranging revamp at the 88-year-old media giant. It is to close its 6 Mu...

BRITAIN BBC

2010-03-02T10:32:38Z

BBC director general Mark Thompson outside Television Center in west London, after it was confirmed the closure of digital radio stations 6 Music and the Asian Network Tuesday March 2, 2010. The BBC says it will drop two of its radio stations and pare back its Web spending as part...

BBC cuts radio stations, Web pages to trim costs

2010-03-02T10:30:48Z

<div id="subtitle">BBC to drop 2 radio stations, cut number of Web pages in half in domestic revamp</div><div><p>Britain's venerable BBC is overhauling its domestic coverage, shedding radio stations, slicing the number of its Web pages by half and moving out of magazines.</p><p>The BBC says it wants to focu...

BBC Announce Plans For A Major Shake-Up Of The Corporation

2010-03-02T08:32:10Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: A BBC employee leaves Television Centre on March 2, 2010 in London, England. The corporation have today published their strategy review which proposes the closure of the digital radio s...

BBC to cut back website, close radio stations

2010-03-02T04:15:43Z

<div><p>The BBC is to slash spending on its online services and close two radio stations in a shake-up designed to boost programme funding, it announced on Tuesday.</p><p>Its digital radio stations BBC Asian Network and BBC 6 Music will close from next year as part of a strategic review of the BBC's budget and services, said director general BBC is to close down half its website, cut spending on imported American programmes and close two radio stations in an admission it has become too large, a newspaper reported Friday.</p><p>In a strategic review to be unveiled next month, The Times said the corporation will concede it must give space to its commercial rivals which have been hard hit by an advertising...

Sirius XM earns small profit in 4Q

2010-02-25T12:30:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Sirius XM earns small profit in 4th quarter, adds subscribers</div><div><p>Sirius XM Radio Inc. on Thursday posted a small profit for the fourth quarter as it added subscribers and cut costs.</p><p>The satellite radio broadcaster was on the brink of bankruptcy just a year ago, hurt by plummeting auto sales, which meant fewer of its radios were installed in new vehicles. ...

celebs radio one

2010-02-23T18:32:29Z

John Barrowman leaving the BBC Radio One studios with his suitcase. London, England - 23.02.10

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ESPN Kornheiser

2010-02-23T15:17:41Z

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2006, file photo, ESPN Monday Night Football television broadcast analyst Tony Kornheiser poses for a photo before the Oakland Raiders-Minnesota Vikings football game in