Television remains Americans’ primary news source, the Internet is rising, and radio lags print in GALLUP’s latest poll asking respondents where they turn for news about current events. Television was picked by 55%, followed by the Internet at 21%, print at 9%, and radio at 6%.  Within the radio category, radio in general was chosen…

Even though Jay-Z began giving away a million copies of his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail on July 4, the set is still bound for a big week once it goes on sale July 9. Industry sources suggest it might sell 350,000 – 400,000 by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, July…

SiriusXM Radio said Tuesday that it added 715,000 net new subscribers in the second quarter, bringing its total subscriber base to more than 25 million as of mid-year. The satellite radio firm controlled by John Malone’s Liberty Media, said that was a new quarterly record for the time since the Sirius-XM merger. In comparison, Netflix…

Last year the RIAA requested that Google romove from its index 20 million urls to infringers. But more recently the speed of RIAA takedowns has accelerated to 5 million takedowns in the last 6 weeks alone. Efforts to block file-sharing sites such as The Pirate Bay and KickAssTorrents are the major driving force behind the…