Fortune reports that Apple is threatening to kill the iTunes Store over music royalties.  The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a request by the National Music Publishers’ Association to raise royalty rates on songs purchased from online music stores, like iTunes, from 9 cents to 15 cents per […]

John McCain’s supporters prefer to get their news and entertainment from television, while Barack Obama’s supporters tend to be “media generalists” who get their news and entertainment from assorted media platforms. A new study by media agency MediaVest found that 65 percent of voters are paying more attention to the presidential election campaign than they did in […]

Ever wish there was a PodCamp in your area? PodCamps are fun, free or inexpensive events for people interested in blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net and new media, in general.  They’re also a chance to meet a lot of other cool podcasters. You might even end up in the greatest photo […]

YouTube has announced an updated video uploader and bumped up the maximum file size for uploads. A random sample of YouTube users have already been using the beta version. YouTube is opening up the streamlined uploader to everyone; just login to your YouTube account and click this link to opt in. The new video upload […]

Twenty-five years ago, Richard Stallman announced his plan to create a free operating system called GNU. Since then, Stallman’s work has had a massive influence on the world of free and open source software, software that powers much of the Internet.  In honor of the 25th anniversary of GNU, Stallman has penned an essay on Avoiding […]

How’d you like your Internet speed to 100 times faster than it is today? The Finnish government has announced plans for universal broadband access across Finland assuring that no person will be further than a mile and a half away from a broadband Internet connection of at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps).  “The development […]

 xVideoServiceThief (a.k.a xVST) is a free tool for downloading video clips from a variety of video websites. xVideoServiceThief also gives you the ability to convert each video into popular formats, including AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP and MP3s. Features: Cross-Platform: xVideoServicethief is available for the following platforms: Microsoft Windows Vista, Server 2003, XP, 2000, […]

Blubrry has released another update to the Powerpress plugin for WordPress, version 0.3.0. The latest version incorporates a number of new features and enhancements: Added list of important feeds in feed settings Logic to prevent stats redirect duplication Added podcast only feed The new podcast only feed is useful if you wish to provide your […]

It’s time for corporate America to take a hard look at social media. According to the a new survey: 93 percent of Americans believe a company should have a presence in social media; 85 percent believe a company should not only be present but also interact with its consumers via social media; and 56 percent […]

According to a new survey, the number of people watching video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32% a year ago to 63% today.

“Consumers are changing their online habits quickly,” says research director Michael Wolf. “Broadband speeds have continued to increase at the same time that Hollywood has decided online distribution is a legitimate monetization opportunity.”