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FORTUNE -- Just a decade ago, music streaming services like Spotify and Pandora seemed like a pipe dream: vast libraries of legal music that could be accessed with just a computer or phone. With Google entering the fray earlier this month with its Play Music All Access music service, streaming is definitely here to stay, and it's…

Canada's federal broadcast regulator says it will allow some advertising on CBC's secondary radio French and English networks. The change is included in the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's decision to renew the CBC's licence, for both French and English-language television and radio stations, for the next five years. The CBC had asked to be allowed unlimited…

SiriusXM Canada, the country's leading audio entertainment company, yesterday announced the launch of Entertainment Weekly Radio, a 24/7 new channel dedicated to the best (and worst) of entertainment. The channel will begin airing on Tuesday, May 28. Entertainment Weekly Radio will feature the latest in pop culture news, reviews, insider scoops and interviews with Hollywood's most…

Bell yesterday announced the launch of the new Fibe TV Wireless Receiver, a Bell exclusive that enables customers to enjoy the Fibe experience on up to 5 additional TVs anywhere in the home - without the hassle of running cable through the house. "The new Fibe TV Wireless Receiver is part of Bell's commitment to…

Internet radio service Pandora is extending its partnership with Facebook through a new Timeline app which will allow users to share what they’re listening to on the social network. The integration is being rolled out for Pandora’s iOS and Android apps, as well as pandora.com, giving users the option to automatically publish their music activity to Facebook. It follows…

We’ve confirmed with Twitter that it has rolled out a new part of its #Music service for the web, charts that we were accustomed to from the company We Are Hunted, that it acquired and now powers the service. The charts are broken up into a few areas: the familiar genre breakdown, as well as some categories like “Superstars”…

Stock markets have had a great run in 2013, but shares of Live Nation and Pandora have fared even better. Live Nation shares are up 46% this year. Pandora shares are up an incredible 78%. Some of the companies' gains can be attributed to the rise in the broader markets. The composite for New York Stock…

Warner Music Group CEO Steve Cooper told analysts this week the label would welcome Apple’s iRadio into the digital radio business, saying it would “lead the charge” for other streaming music services and “accelerate the growth” for broadcast radio’s digital radio services.  The shift from FM to digital helps the record labels because, unlike on-air…

For years, music has operated on selling things -- vinyl, cassettes, CDs and now downloads. Then came advertising on radio and elsewhere. But there’s a third way -- freemium, a combination of free and premium offerings. Examples of this in music are Spotify (free on browsers, premium on mobile) and Pandora (free with ads, premium without…

The notion that music fits certain activities continues to spread at digital music services. Soundrop, known best for its Spotify app, launched what it calls “theme rooms” Tuesday that allow listeners to choose music based on activities. This approach to music discovery was popularized by Songza and adopted by iHeartRadio earlier this year. Soundrop’s new themed…