According to articles from The New York Times, Forbes and Billboard, here are some details of Apple's new music service which will be formally launched at 10am Pacific Time on Monday, April 28:

• Built into iTunes, Apple's music library software
• No subscription required, tracks sold at 99 cents per track
• Able to burn tracks to a CD, transfer tracks to the iPod
• Support for Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format, a successor to MP3
• Content available from five major labels
• Exclusive content available from high-profile acts whose repertoire has not previously been available for digital distribution
• Mac-only to start, Windows version to follow

Stay (i)Tuned for further details.

-Tim
11:27:01 PM    

Wired. "Access to niche genres and hometown stations from far away proves appealing: More than 100 million listeners have tried Web radio, with the number of regular monthly users tripling in the last three years, according to March ratings."

"What consumers go online to listen to, and what works best, is content they can't listen to through traditional sources," says Bill Rose, general manager of Arbitron Internet Broadcast Services. "

To find a radio station for your listening pleasure, go to Radio-locator. Here you can find over 2,500 audio streams by zip code or state, by call letter, by format (jazz, news, public radio...), or by other countries. I found a station broadcast by my alma mater, Menlo-Atherton High School. KCEA-89.1 FM has a library of over a thousand albums and compact disc's of the big band era.

-Jennifer

P.S. Just went downstairs after posting this story to find Tim listening to the NFL Draft on ESPN Radio. He's doing exactly what he wants with this feed streaming from my laptop in the kitchen. Meanwhile, the girls are getting exactly what they want...breakfast. I knew this progressive guy would one day learn how to multitask!
10:56:21 AM