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Top Stories - 09.03.14
Judge to Decide Next Step in HD Patent Suit The legal maneuverings continue as the 14 radio station ownership groups seek to combine their individual suits into one. However, the complainant has asked the judge to reject that request.
Stuart Graham Now Flies Solo Now sole owner of the company he co-founded 20 years ago with the late Jeff Brock, find out what's keeping Stu Graham's technical consulting firm busy these days.
AES Reaches Beyond LA Even as free Exhibits-Plus badges and All-Access badges have become available for the AES Convention's return to Los Angeles this fall, the Audio Engineering Society is still working on numerous events and resources offered year round.
Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment
Here's Why Apple Bought Beats Janko Roettgers writes that companies like Apple and Amazon are betting on streaming services because streaming is taking over as the major money-maker for the music industry, with 70 percent of all digital music revenue coming from streaming by 2019, according to an estimate from U.K.-based digital music analyst Mark Mulligan.
What Do Iguanas Listen to? (WGNO-TV) WWOZ(FM) in New Orleans — or at least that's what Clingy, an iguana in New Orleans, listens to. The noncommercial station plays New Orleans-based music which, according to Clingy's handlers, calms her.
Ham Radio Destroyed Amid Headbutting Assault (KXAN-TV) A neighbor attacked an Austin, Texas, ham, accusing him of "getting in his head." The neighbor "headbutted" the ham and destroyed his Yaesu 857D radio along with a drone. He was arrested. Keeping Austin weird.