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  | Record Labels: Change or Die [Music] Found at 3/11/2010 via gizmodo.com
# music It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry? OK Go just ditched EMI ?and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. More » More...
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| Round-Up: Colorado?s Unemployment Rate Rises, and Rep. Salazar Takes on Medicare Drug Prices Found at 3/10/2010 via krccnews.org
Colorado?s unemployment rate is up one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.4 percent, while the Gazette is reporting unemployment in the Colorado Springs area rose .4 percentage points in January?and, Colorado Democrat John Salazar wants to give the federal government more power to negotiate Medicare drug prices. Download audio file (031010_053230_AC_roundup.mp3) More...
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| Robert Powell: Three ways to boost retirement confidence Found at 3/9/2010 via www.marketwatch.com
I know, I know, we?re starting to sound like a broken record, or MP3 player. But researchers are once again sounding the alarm that Americans are not saving enough for retirement. More...
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| RIAA labels 'forced' Apple to make iTunes LP: sources Found at 3/9/2010 via www.macnn.com
The creation of iTunes LP was largely the result of major label pressure on Apple, a series of telling leaks has revealed. Music industry contacts claim that the 'deluxe' albums were a necessary part of the same deal that also forced variable song pricing in exchange for an all DRM-free catalog. The RIAA member labels, not Apple, wanted to resuscitate album sales and thought the bundle of ... More...
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| Round-Up: CO named finalist in ?Race to the Top,? and national monument concerns Found at 3/4/2010 via krccnews.org
Colorado has made the first cut in the national competition to win millions of dollars for education reform?and, two Colorado lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit the president from designating a national monument in the state without local input. Download audio file (030410_053230_AC_roundup.mp3) More...
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| Republican Budget Bill Killed in Committee Found at 3/4/2010 via krccnews.org
A Republican proposal calling for across the board budget cuts got its first and final hearing at the statehouse yesterday dying on a party line vote. Majority Democrats called the measure careless and unproductive. Bente Birkeland reports from the statehouse. Download audio file (030310PenryBudget.mp3) More...
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| Rhodri Marsden: This is like tackling shoplifting by removing all the escalators Found at 2/28/2010 via www.independent.co.uk
While the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement sounds like a perfectly laudable effort to battle the production and distribution of knock-off perfume and handbags, the issue of intellectual property in the 21st century is a tad more complex. The ability that the internet has given us to share music, video, images and text makes it relevant to us all, and the fact that it's being negotiated behind ... More...
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| Round-Up: Regional Airports Receive Funds, and the Four Corners? New Monument Found at 2/26/2010 via krccnews.org
Regional airports are set to receive funding from the state to help facilitate maintenance and construction projects?and, a new Four Corners monument is under construction at the site where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet. Download audio file (022610_053230_AC_roundup.mp3) More...
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| Repeat Bills Found at 2/25/2010 via krccnews.org
Each legislative session has its new issues for state lawmakers to tackle, and some not so new ideas. Bente Birkeland takes a look at the history of some bills that keep coming back year after year. Download audio file (021910Repeats.mp3) More...
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| Rogers Gives Music Enthusiasts Freedom To Enjoy Tracks Anywhere, Anytime With New DRM-free Music Downloads Found at 2/24/2010 via biz.yahoo.com
Rogers today announced the availability of Digital Rights Management-free song downloads through its music service, urMusic, enabling customers to download, listen and enjoy their music across different devices. More...
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| Rogers Gives Music Enthusiasts Freedom To Enjoy Tracks Anywhere, Anytime With New DRM-free Music Downloads Found at 2/24/2010 via biz.yahoo.com
Rogers today announced the availability of Digital Rights Management-free song downloads through its music service, urMusic, enabling customers to download, listen and enjoy their music across different devices. More...
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| Review: Spotify Premium Found at 2/23/2010 via www.allaboutsymbian.com
David Gilson dips into his wallet to subscribe to the tenner-a-month Spotify Premium, giving him streaming and download access to just about all the DRM-ed music he'd ever want from Spotify's servers. Is it ultimately worth it and how good (or limited) is the mobile (S60) client? More...
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| Review: Tunebug Vibe Found at 2/22/2010 via www.macworld.com
The Vibe provides an innovative way to listen to the music on your portable devices out loud. Its small size makes it extremely portable, and if you have it on the right surface, the sound is nothing to sneeze at. More...
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| Relevant Links Found at 2/22/2010 via allafrica.com
Also speaking on the resolve of the Nigerian Music Industry Coalition to smash the piracy rings in the country, ace music producer and one of the key leaders of the coalition, Mr. Laolu Akins, revealed that the recent success recorded by the industry is a result of the coming together of the different facets of the industry to form a formidable force under the coalition. More...
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| Randall Finishes 8th in Olympics but Makes History Found at 2/17/2010 via aprn.org
Kikkan Randall took 8th place on Wednesday in the cross country classic sprint at the Olympics. She fell short of the medal she was hoping for, but still managed to make history. Eighth is the best finish for an American woman in cross country skiing at the Olympics. Annie Feidt, APNR ? Anchorage Download Audio (MP3) More...
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