Q: Which US Senators are in the back pocket of the RIAA? A: Which US Senators put forth the new “Platform Equality and Remedies for Right Holders in Music Act”? This time the RIAA is using its political clout to attack Satellite Radio and brought some friends from the US Senate. Mitch Bainwol, President of the Recording Industry Association of ...

The XM / Sirius merger rumor started late last year but it's been resurfacing again lately. Language used in recent speeches by executives from both Sirius and XM include lines like “Consolidation creates value…” and “Significant benefits…”. So it looks like we're up for another round of satellite radio merger rumors. Why would Sirius and XM, the ...

Zune is set to be released tomorrow, Nov 14th. Though Microsoft has been criticized for releasing a device that further divides the portable music player business, signs are hopeful for Microsoft’s market penetration. Criticisms levied at Microsoft’s new toy look something like this: Not sexy enough - boring flat brown instead of the cool ...

Sony’s NW-E003 MP3 Player may turn some heads with its stylish look, but it’s also got a satisfying audio quality for a flash MP3 player. In our video, we'll answer two pressing questions: what’s Sony really saying with its new breed of Walkman-branded MP3 players, and why are they so darned stylish? Our video also touches on the ...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Microsoft, including whispers of a viral DRM on its upcoming Zune device. The rumor was probably spawned by a mis-blog on the Zune Insider. Ceasar Menendez originally said that Zune would wrap all songs up in a DRM when conducting Zune to Zune file trading. But it’s not true; Ceasar has corrected ...