Clear Channel is on the move. They announced today that they are rebranding the company name from Clear Channel RADIO, to CLEAR CHANNEL MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT. CEO Bob Pittman says, "I've watched as CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO has pushed beyond the traditional boundaries of radio to reach more Americans every month ... through an unmatched combination of broadcast, satellite, online and [...]

Encouraging news that Clear Channel's iHeartradio platform has accepted broadcast competitors Cumulus, and most recently this week Greater Media stations to the listening choices. The list of stations on iHeartradio is rapidly growing and is making strides to become a more unified platform for listening. As of yesterday, one other nugget came from the Clear Channel camp: [...]

While RIM fights to remain relevant in the smartphone war, it made a great move that should pump some life back into their brand—BlackBerry 7.1 in the Curve models 9360 & 9370 will have the FM chip so you can listen to the radio on your speaker phone. If you already have either BB model you can update your software to 7.1 [...]

Here are some "new world innovators" that see the world differently: Nick Vujicic [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE&w=560&h=315] Clay Marzo [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMLSFVuZQE&w=420&h=315] Jackie Chan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI1AwZN4ZYg&w=420&h=315] Jeb Corliss [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgKiAooWfsU&w=560&h=315] Steve Jobs [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&w=420&h=315]

Mary Meeker, partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a masterful analyst of Internet trends. At the 2011 Web 2.0 Summit last week, Meeker lays out a list of 10 trends based upon many data points. What do these trends mean for radio? Mobile Usage of Radio will Rise: Mobile subscriber growth is exploding as [...]

I spent part of this past weekend re-reading part of Michael J. Gelb’s book Discover Your Genius that focuses on Christopher Columbus. Columbus Day (in the U.S.) is today and it prompted me to dig out this great book. Gelb has a great way of looking at Columbus’ characteristics which are inspirational and show that his greatness [...]