NPR promised to launch its $3 million local journalism effort Project Argo this summer and it’s making the deadline with days to spare. The Argo Network goes live officially today: twelve sites hosted by 14 stations, each zeroing in on a topic of specific interest to that community relevance—local music…

As luck would have it, I was on the go when the U.S. leg of the tennis Grand Slam started Monday, providing a good chance to test the live streaming video for iPad and the new mobile features from USOpen.org. The USTA went iOS-centric with an iPad-optimized browser and an…

Evan Harrison, the long-time head of Clear Channel (OTCBB: CCMO) Radio’s digital operations, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Harrison had been promoted almost exactly two years ago, when he agreed to a “long-term contract” which may have expired; we’ve asked Clear Channel for more details.

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Some intriguing details from NPR about when listeners tune in for its programming—and what platforms they use. For instance, the iPhone app is by far the most used mobile option, peaking during morning drive/commute time while the iPad app and the mobile site spike in the late evening. NPR.org‘s primetime…

The Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) subscription turnaround continues. The satellite radio company reported its highest subscription numbers yet: 19,527,448 subs. That’s more than 1.1 million net new subs since June 30, 2009. For some sense of how big the shift was:

By Mark Sweney: UBC Media has sold its stake in radio multiplex MXR to Guardian Media Group and struck a deal to allow listeners across the group’s 12 radio stations to tag songs on iTunes to make buying tracks easier. The company, which supplies multimedia content to the BBC and…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has committed nearly $1 million for five national public media orgs to build a common digital platform. NPR, PBS, American Public Media, Public Radio International (PRI), and the Public Radio Exchange want a better way to share their own public media content and to encourage…

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller—the only woman speaker featured here this year—wowed the tough D8 crowd with a witty video featuring various new NPR “products” in development including Scott Simon in 3D and a Chatroulette version of game show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. And she talked some real business, too.…

Our six-month trial for Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) expired May 24—and the company’s flawed customer service may keep it dark. My own experience with Sirius XM’s efforts to convert trial subs that come with new cars into paying customers already if had me wondering if the company could do better…

Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) CEO Mel Karmazin said last month in pre-announcing the company’s quarterly results that Sirius XM’s subscription stats had shown a “remarkably positive turn”—and the company is now adjusting its guidance for the remainder of the year to reflect that. It now expects to add 750,000 net…

Jelli, a startup trying to shake up the traditional radio industry by letting listeners control what songs are played on air, has raised $7 million in a round of funding five months after raising a first round. With Jelli, radio listeners search through an online catalog of songs and vote…

After a long struggle, Sirius XM Radio (NSDQ: SIRI) has shown improvement lately and has certainly tried to give the market enough hints about what it hopes is the start of a turnaround. So unsurprisingly, the satellite radio company swung to a profit of $41.6 million ($0.01 per share) versus…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q109	Net Inc. vs Q109
Sirius XM Radio	Release		11%	117%

* vs. Analysts' Estimates: Beat Met Missed

When Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) announces its earnings before the market opens Tuesday, analysts will be looking for financial results; the subscriber numbers were pre-released weeks ago with improvements in every key area, including converting trial subs to paying. But could that 45.2 percent conversion rate be even better if…

Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) has some positive momentum—and it seems, at least one creative marketer trying to flip former online users into paying car subscribers. The company is offering folks who’ve tried the service online a free radio and one month’s free service in exchange for setting up billing that…

Stitcher, a service that lets talk radio listeners move programs to their mobile devices, has completed a $6 million second round funding. The round was led by Benchmark Capital. Previous backer New Atlantic Ventures also participated, as did individual investors Ed Scott and Ron Conway. San Francisco-based Stitcher plans to…

Live webcasting service BlogTalkRadio has raised a $1.9 million second round funding, Techcrunch reported. The company plans to use the proceeds to build out additional verticals across the site, in addition to categories including business, education, legal, science and politics. The Lakewood, NJ-based company, which raised $4.6 million almost two…

The end could be near for bankrupt satellite radio firm WorldSpace. The company put out a terse statement this afternoon saying that its “strategic transaction negotiations” with creditor Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) had been terminated by that company. Ominously, WorldSpace—which had raised $150 million in an IPO in July 2005…

No need to duck out of work early, now you can watch March Madness games live over your iPhone, and for the first time—anywhere over AT&T’s 3G network. The application, which is expected to be available Monday on iTunes, will cost $9.99—twice as much as last year’s version that was…