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• As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle

  

  A decade after Apple revolutionized the music world with its iTunes store, the music industry is undergoing another, even more radical, digital transformation.

• Australian radio show behind royal hoax canceled

  SYDNEY-- The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially canceled.

• NYC gets country radio station

  Cumulus Media has launched Nash 94.7, the city's first major FM country music station in nearly 17 years. Cumulus Media bought the station in October from a non-profit Christian organization and changed its call letters to WRXP before switching to its latest country incarnation on Monday. Cumulus Media also owns WABC and WPLJ.

• Sirius XM board changes under Liberty

  Liberty Media Corp. has added its picks to the board of Sirius XM Radio Inc. after gaining majority control of the satellite radio company. Sirius board members Leon Black, Lawrence Gilbert and Jack Shaw resigned from the board Friday, according to a regulatory document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.

• Cumulus CEO on Launch of NYC Country Music Station 

  

  Cumulus Media is the largest country music radio broadcaster in the U.S. The company's CEO Lew Dickey, discusses ways in which he is working to keep radio relevant.

• Liberty adds new board members to Sirius XM

  Jan 22- Liberty Media Corp, now in full control of Sirius XM Radio Inc, has gone ahead with its plans to replace the satellite radio provider's board by adding three of its own insiders. Three board members- Leon Black, Lawrence Gilberti and Jack Shaw- will leave, Sirius XM said in a statement on Tuesday.

• Escaped Algerian hostage witnessed dead French boss

  ALGIERS, Jan 18- Azedine, 27, the radio operator at Algeria's In Amenas' gas plant, is still in shock after escaping from his armed Islamist captors on Wednesday, unable to shake the face of his dead supervisor from his mind's eye.

• Karmazin Speaks Out After Stepping Down 

  

  In an exclusive CNBC interview, CNBC's David Faber talks with Mel Karmazin, former Sirius XM CEO, about leaving his former company, and describes what his next dream job would look like.

• ANALYSIS-In battle for the car, Sirius faces fight from Pandora

  NEW YORK, Jan 10- Sirius XM Radio Inc's grip on U.S. drivers is under an increasing threat as the availability of Internet connections in more cars is helping Pandora Media Inc counter some of its rival's big selling points.

• Liberty Media gets nod from FCC to take control of Sirius XM

  Jan 3- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission gave Liberty Media Corp the green light to take control of satellite radio company, Sirius XM Radio Inc, Liberty said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 2-Competition hots up for UK's 4G mobile phone airwaves

  LONDON, Dec 20- Seven companies were named on Thursday as bidders for the superfast 4 G mobile broadband radio frequencies to be auctioned off in Britain next month by industry regulator Ofcom.

• UPDATE 1-Sirius XM names insider Jim Meyer as interim CEO

  Dec 19- Sirius XM Radio Inc named Jim Meyer as interim chief executive officer on Wednesday and said a search committee was considering the longtime executive as the full-time CEO. Meyer, currently president of sales and operations at the company, had emerged as a leading contender to replace Mel Karmazin, Reuters had reported.

• Sirius XM names Jim Meyer as interim CEO

  Dec 19- Sirius XM Radio Inc named Jim Meyer as interim chief executive, effective immediately, the satellite radio company announced on Wednesday. Meyer, currently president of sales and operations at the company, had emerged as a leading contender to replace outgoing CEO Mel Karmazin.

• UPDATE 2-Karmazin leaves Sirius XM; Meyer named interim CEO

  *Outgoing CEO Mel Karmazin stepped down Tuesday. Dec 19- Sirius XM Radio Inc named Jim Meyer as interim chief executive officer on Wednesday and said a search committee was considering making the longtime executive the satellite radio company's full-time CEO.

• UPDATE 3-Nielsen to buy Arbitron, forming TV, radio rating giant

  *Nielsen to acquire its radio counterpart for $1.26 bln. *Arbitron shares up 24 pct, Nielsen up 2.6 pct. Nielsen on Tuesday struck a deal to acquire its radio counterpart, Arbitron Inc, for $1.26 billion.

• UPDATE 2-Nielsen to buy radio ratings firm Arbitron for $1.26bln

  Dec 18- Nielsen Holdings NV, known for its television viewership ratings, agreed to pay $1.26 billion to acquire its radio counterpart, Arbitron Inc.. Ratings- Nielsen's in TV and Arbitron's in radio- determine how much advertisers are charged to run commercials during TV programs and radio listening hours.

• UPDATE 1-Nielsen to buy radio ratings company Arbitron for $1.26 bln

  Dec 18- Nielsen Holdings NV, known for its television viewership ratings, agreed to buy Arbitron Inc, the top provider of radio station audience ratings in the United States, for $1.26 billion in cash.

• Hutchison wins conditional EU approval for Orange Austria deal

  BRUSSELS, Dec 12- Hong Kong's Hutchison 3 G secured EU regulatory approval on Wednesday for its planned 1.3 billion euro buy of France Telecom's Orange Austria after agreeing to sell radio spectrum and open up its network to new rivals.

• UPDATE 2-Sirius sets long-awaited buyback, issues dividend

  Dec 6- The board of Sirius XM Radio Inc approved a $2 billion common stock repurchase program and issued a special dividend, giving a big payout to its biggest shareholder, Liberty Media.

• UPDATE 1-Sirius sets long-awaited buyback, dividend

  Dec 6- The board of U.S. satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc approved a $2 billion common stock repurchase program and issued a special dividend, giving a big payout to its biggest shareholder, Liberty Media.