Topic: Radio

Filtering the Filters: The Top Ten "Best Album" Lists

In the two days since the Grammy Awards, I've been surfing the web for "Best of 2006" lists with a more musically adventurous bent. One thing I noticed is how many "Best of" lists are filled with text about the albums but don't ...READ»

Sirius Introduces New Portable Stiletto 100

This week, Sirius Satellite Radio’s much awaited portable music player and recorder, The Stiletto 100, is finally available to the masses. As Sirius heats up the already flaming competition among MP3 players, iPods and XM’s ...READ»

Saving the Music Industry -- Environmentally, At Least

As the music biz starts tossing out jewel cases by the busload as they try to jump on the green bandwagon, a Canadian enterprise is also looking to clean up the music industry. Yangaroo, a Toronto-based venture, is innovating the ...READ»

Written in the Stars

Sirius and XM are taking strategy and competition to the skies in an epic, multibillion-dollar struggle to dominate next-generation radio.READ»

Competing to Win

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

Are Record Labels Backward?

The Washington Post recently carried an article about Pandora's struggle to stay alive. The article raises some serious questions about the people running record labels. Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last ...READ»

Is Google Killing Radio Advertising?

Bigger isn’t always better, and this is particularly true with regard to the power of radio as an advertising medium. But advertises like Google just don't seem to understand radio's true potential. READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

Merging Questions

Fast Company first wrote about the competition between XM and Sirius a couple of years ago, and while rereading the piece might not be a lesson in "I told you so," the companies' recent merger (subscription may be required) might be ...READ»

Fast Talk: Testing the Edge

Public Radio International's Alisa Miller on the quest for weirdness.READ»

Hard-Driving

Satellite radio goes TiVo.READ»

Rumors of XM Portable Player Grow

Just last month, Sirius [NASDAQ:SIRI] Satellite Radio submitted its Starmate 5, a personal satellite radio player, to the FCC. Its rival, XM [NASDAQ:XMSR], seems poised to respond in kind. Codenamed "Phoenix," XM's ...READ»

You Don't Know "Jack"

On Friday afternoon, WCBS-FM in New York, home of legendary DJ Cousin Brucie, fired all of its on-air talent and dumped the "oldies" format in favor of the latest flavor in radio programming, known as "Jack" radio (I've also seen and ...READ»

Startup Radio Show, The Takeaway, Recreated the Morning Edition

The race to build the next-gen radio show is on. The Takeaway taps Silicon Valley -- style tactics in its battle against Morning Edition.READ»

• Infographic: Fighting For Air
• 12 Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

Steal This Idea

The Fast Interview: Author Matt Mason on how the pirating of intellectual property can be a good thing.READ»

• Spit Party
• IT's Not about the Technology

Work/Life: Making Your Drive to Work Work For You

  A radio station in England that broadcasts nothing but a continuous loop of birdsong in a country garden has attracted over half a million listeners.  The sound effect is currently only occupying a station that is between ...READ»

Mariachi in the Morning

Problem: How to connect isolated Mexican farmworkers; Solution: A public radio station in SpanishREAD»

The Sound of Silence, or A Hypothetical on the Demise of Internet Radio

Internet radio underwent a "day of silence" yesterday to protest the impending royalty rate hikes that will be levied on Web radio come July 15. The protest was orchestrated by the SaveNet Radio Coalition and included popular ...READ»

FM Radio for some iPods?

Interesting question noted on redorbit blog about Apple's decision to build ipods with FM radio.The question asked if Apple were going back in time - FM radio is being replaced with DAB in the UK but not it seems in the USHow dim ...READ»

NPR Faces the Future With Web Site Revamp, iPhone App

NPR's always been a kind of hybrid animal existing alongside conventional radio stations in the U.S. But the rise of the Internet has threatened public radio's future just as much as its commercial brethren. So, like all good wild ...READ»

Broadcast.com Boosts Its Signal

Less than three years after its creation, broadcast.com is the leading source of streaming-media programming.READ»

Will NPR Save the News?

The most successful hybrid of old and new media comes from the last place you'd expect. How NPR's digital smarts, nonprofit structure, and good old-fashioned shoe leather just might save the news.READ»

If Sirius XM Died, No One Would Miss It

Sirius XM [SIRI] is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday, due to a $175 million debt maturing this weekend that the company can't pay. If satellite radio as we knew it disappeared, would it really matter? Granted, ...READ»

Listen Up! The Web Makes Noise

The Web has become a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. You can listen in on conference calls with Wall Street analysts, get breaking news from the Balkans, or download the latest tune from Fatboy Slim. Here's Fast Company's listener's guide.READ»

Let's Start at the Very Beginning

"When in your 40s, do you get to actually, like, try something you've never tried and learn something new? So that's the great thing. But once you get into it, it's also the terrible thing. Because it's terrible to feel stupid again. ...READ»