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Marking the first integration of iTunes Music Stores to websites run by radio stations, Emmis Communications and Apple iTunes have combined forces to bring fully integrated iTunes to the websites of Emmis R&B/hip-hop stations WQHT (Hot 97) New York and KPWR (Power 106) Los Angeles, writes MediaWeek.
“On Power106.fm and HOT97.com, listeners now have the ability to search, browse and buy all of their favorite Power 106 and Hot 97 songs directly from the iTunes Music Stores featured on our websites,” said Jimmy Steal, Emmis vp of programming.
Rey Mena, vp of Emmis Interactive, said that Emmis would fully control the storefront, thereby allowing the radio stations to “feature any artist we want to feature. Since each storefront represents Power 106 and Hot 97’s playlists, they will feature what is relevant to their listeners,” Mena said.
By the end of 2008, revenue growth in the radio industry is expected to have fallen 7%, the second year of negative growth for the medium, according to estimates in a report from from BIA Advisory Services, writes MarketingCharts.
BIA estimates that…
Next in the long list of companies cutting jobs comes Tribune Co., which is slicing positions at The Chicago Tribune.
About 12 employees at the Trib were given the rest of the week to clean out their desks; more cuts…
Target is one of the first brands to create an iPhone application. The Target “gift globe” allows iPhone users to shake their phones to launch a snow-fall effect.
When the snow clears, a gift idea from Target is revealed. Users…
NBCU is launching its latest round of layoffs, with up to 500 jobs, or 3% of its work force, expected to be cut.
NBC News bureaus in Dallas and Los Angeles will be affected, writes TV Newser. L.A. correspondent John Larson,…
A Specific Media study finds the presence of display advertising significantly affects click-through and search style across both paid and organic searches.
In the “travel and tourism” category, display advertising engendered a 274% lift on both paid and organic search.…
Today’s Wall Street Journal is running a cover wrap for Dell. The ad covers a third of the front page and all of the back.
Though the New York Post and the Daily News commonly use cover wraps, the move…
