Tuesday, April 15, 2003

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Folk singers and folksongs documented during a three-month trip through the southern United States. [loc.gov]

Satellite Radio Channel Will Focus on Interests of Gays and Lesbians. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender radio listeners are getting a nationwide satellite radio channel focused on their interests starting today, thanks to Sirius Satellite Radio. By Barnaby J. Feder. [New York Times: Business]

Plan Would Use Software, Not Devices, to Fight Piracy. A prominent computer security researcher has proposed a solution aimed at forging a middle ground in the battle by Hollywood and Silicon Valley over preventing consumer piracy. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Business]

XM Radio Looking For New Artists For Airplay. XM Radio has teamed up with Tonos in the search for new artists. XM satellite radio has 101 coast-to-coast digital channels and has a emerging artist radio show called Radio Unsigned. The program director of the show is going to put one tonosPRO user in rotation. [Tonos.com]