The Valley Forge National Historical Park and energy utility PECO this week have announced the creation of the PECO Podcast Through History. The Southeast Pennsylvania gas and electric utility has given a $20,000 donation which will fund the creation of a podcast series that can be accessed at the park or from home, that will […]

Warner Music Group Corp. confirmed today that it has approached EMI about a possible acquisition of the entire equity of EMI. Unlike previous hostile attempts at taking one another over (in 2000 and 2003), this proposed acquisition seems to be mutually desirable, with Warner’s confirmation issued in response to an earlier announcement by EMI. This […]

Odeo, a podcasting community that was one of the darlings of early podcasting coverage in the mainstream media, is looking for a buyer: In the last few months, we here at Obvious have been increasingly focused on Twitter. As a result, our original product, Odeo, has not gotten the attention it deserves. It does not […]

Sirius Satellite Radio plans to buy U.S. rival XM Satellite Radio for $4.6 billion in stock, which could allow the combined company to raise prices, reduce costs and become profitable. The move will bring Oprah Winfrey, singer Bob Dylan, Major League Baseball, motivational guru Deepak Chopra and shock-jock Howard Stern under one roof. Under the […]

It looks like the music industry has figured out a new way to anger music lovers. Suretone Records, a label distributed by the Universal Music Group, plans to start distributing free video files featuring popular acts like Weezer and new bands like Drop Dead Gorgeous on file-sharing networks. The music videos will not be wrapped […]

Attorneys general of more than 20 states have written to Anheuser-Busch, asking the brewer to provide tighter access controls to make sure underaged viewers aren’t accessing its new beer-themed video site, Bud.TV. The site asks for your name, zip code and birthday to verify that you are 21 or over. The attorneys generals are asking […]

The New York Post is reporting that satellite radio operators Sirius and XM are expected to announce a merger today. The two sides were locked in negotiations over the weekend trying to hammer out a final agreement with an eye toward going public with the merger today in Washington, D.C., where XM is based, this […]

If Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs wasn’t a lightning rod for controversy after blaming Apple’s DRM on the music industry, he will be now. At an appearance at an education conference Friday, Jobs blasted teachers’ unions, saying that no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers. […]

A majority of Americans (55%) said bloggers are important to the future of American journalism and 74% said citizen journalism will play a vital role, according to a new We Media – Zogby Interactive poll. Highlights: 72% said they were dissatisfied with the quality of American journalism today. 61% said they believed traditional journalism is […]

RealTraps has introduced the Portable Vocal Booth, a device that mounts on any microphone stand to create a highly controlled environment for recording vocals and spoken narration in acoustically hostile spaces. The RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth is larger than competive products, comprising a pair of 2 by 2 foot absorbing panels in a fully adjustable […]