Clear Channel Radio Under Fire
Clear Channel Communications, the radio industry's 900-lb gorilla, may be getting too big for its britches.
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Three reviews from January: First, Art Dudley gives us his take on the Final">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/759/">Final Laboratory Music-4 phono preamplifier, Music-5 line preamplifier, and Music-6 power amplifier. Art writes, "Modern hi-fi is little more than a way of getting electricity to pretend that it's music."
Safer Music?
Those who spurn audio discs with built-in restriction technologies should take note: SunnComm">http://www.sunncomm.com">SunnComm Technologies announced last week that its MediaMax CD-3 technology has been utilized to restrict the content on Ike and Tina Turner's new compilation CD entitled The Early Sessions.
Wherehouse Files for Bankruptcy
Retailing can be a rough ride even in the best of times. In the current climate, it’s especially hard for those trying to make a go of it with recorded music.
Liquidation Audio
Liquid">http://www.liquidaudio.com">Liquid Audio has been under attack for most of its short life, first from competitors and then from its">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11144/">its own shareholders and corporate raiders. But the tumultuous journey may finally be coming to an end as the company reports that it is settling some of its lawsuits and shareholder claims while selling its remaining assets.
Rosen Leaving RIAA
Hilary Rosen's 17-year tenure with the Recording">http://www.riaa.com">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will come to an end this year.
Changing Partners in Audioland
The new year ushered in several significant personnel changes for the audio industry.
RIAA vs ISPs
The past year has been a busy one for Hilary Rosen, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She suffered a humiliating">http://tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk/~nick/UnionDebate/">humiliating defeat at England's Oxford">http://www.oxford-union.org">Oxford Union Debates, celebrated new">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11548/">new agreements with Silicon Valley companies, and led her organization in the attack on file-sharing service Kazaa. Rosen and the RIAA have also attacked college kids and put pressure on universities to police their students.
Products Worth Investigating
One of the more intriguing discussions we had at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was with Jim Weil of Berkeley, CA–based Sound">http://www.soundapplication.com">Sound Application.