Birmingham entrepreneur to back prestige ceremony.

IK Multimedia has released custom ASIO drivers that are designed to offer multiple performance enhancements for its digital iRig products when used with Windows computers. With more musicians than ever relying on iRig products, these new audio drivers reflect IK’s commitment to offering the best possible performance for Windows computers, offering key improvements in connectivity, […]

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IK Multimedia has announced that it is gifting all new and existing newsletter subscribers the AmpliTube Orange Tiny Terror amp effect, a $24.99 USD value. The Tiny Terror Amp is part of an official collaboration with Orange Amplifiers for AmpliTube Orange. We worked hand in hand with Orange to perfectly remodel a famous sound that […]

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Bela D Media has announced the release of Native Voice Sora, a Kontakt instrument library featuring vocal phrases by a soprano solo voice. Broken into a four part series, Bela D Media has reinvented a classic vocal library. Originally recorded in 2009 by producer Rishabh Rajan Native Voice – with advanced scripting control and remastered […]

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IK Multimedia has announced the launch of the All-in on Analog Sale, offering discounts of up to 60% off on analog-modeled plugins. Are you craving that analog sound for your music production projects? Real analog gear can cost a bundle, be difficult to maintain, and can heavy (as in loud and literally hard on your […]

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Loopmasters has released the 5Pin Media Label Sampler Volume 8, a new compilation that gives you the opportunity to experience a varied selection of material from 5Pin Media’s most recent releases. With ten years experience as a label, we continue to strive to bring producers the best combination of Loops, One-Shots, Presets, Patches and MIDI, […]

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Readers have placed online orders and bookstores are keeping a track of each order and are hoping to cater to every such customer once the situation gets better.

With the onset of COVID-19, social media platforms show their virtues and vices once again. Millions are finding connection, entertainment, and solace, a lifeline of virtual community during a truly twisted time. Connection with friends is a blast, until someone begins posting conspiracy theories like big pharma, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control are a cabal secretly making the world sick for profits, or opining on highly technical epidemiological research, calling into question both findings and researchers’ assumed unethical motives. COVID-19 is a new phenomenon and it takes time for researchers -- experts -- to understand it, and how to effectively and safely deal with it. Public questioning is important, but when a supermajority of experts form an informed opinion you don’t like, developing conspiracies is not a healthy path. Now, I truly believe in free speech. After all, I’m on radio. I’m just leery of the effect of unfettered, ill-informed

Glasgow certainly looked different before the coronavirus lockdown.

SPRINGBURN funnyman Gary Faulds has delighted his fans by revealing he was able to order a KFC in Glasgow.

COMEDIAN Kerry Bridges has shown his support for the national Clap for Carers event.

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, which continues to be the worst hit country in the Middle East. The virus has infected more than 76,000 people in Iran. More than 4,800 have died.

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, factory workers in Ciudad Juarez are protesting to demand the closure of assembly plants along the US-Mexico border. Many are still open despite the growing coronavirus death toll among the workers.

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and its impact on p oor and marginalized communities . So far, more than 81,000 people have tested positive and at least 6,000 have died.

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Italy and other hard hit European countries. According to The European Commission, Europe’s economy will shrink by 7.4 percent this year.

Even in self-isolation, we can learn something new every day.

The 8-hour course covers the fundamental concepts and technologies of online video and includes hands-on exercises featuring some of the most commonly used tools in the industry

Output Syndication makes it easy to publish directly to social media platforms, while Content Control simplifies the creation of live linear channels and Smartplay Prebid improves the ad bidding process

Regardless of who you use to host your podcast media and generate your podcast RSS feed, check these eight things to own your platform.

We are a sync licensing company based in Hollywood, CA. We are searching for the next big pop artist to place their music in tv, film, commercials, games, etc. We have new placements available weekly. We are open to a wide range of pop artists and sounds such as Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Justin Beiber, Mindless Behavior, Katy Perry, Calvin Harris. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Our clients want high-quality, well-made, well-recorded music in all genres. This music and recording quality needs to stand up to the best that is out there, because that is what we are competing with, so keep that in mind.

Compensation will vary greatly based on the scope of the project and purpose of the songs employed. Placements can range from under $100 to thousands of dollars for a single agreement. Viral Music Media commissions 50% of the gross licensing fee. We keep 50% of the publishing royalties. You retain 100% of your writer’s share.

- Lamar / Viral Music Media

Deal Type: Catalog Inclusion
Decision Maker: I'm the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Non-Exclusive
Compensation: Negotiable based on placement
Song Quality: Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
Similar Sounding Artists: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Justin Beiber, Mindless Behavior, Katy Perry, Calvin Harris

Huge New Sync Pitch Opportunities: With the Success we've had with our cut on Miranda Lambert's new record the doors have opened wide folks!!! We are currently seeking songs for Film, Television and Multi-Media Sync Placement opportunities. We Currently are pitching to All major networks ABC,CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, HBO, MTV, Netfix,Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Pictures and many more opportunities weekly. We are accepting music in all genres. We are seeking slow, mid and uptempo songs. A lot of indie film companies are also looking for Acoustic and Americana music to promote in their films to be connected to. There is no song formula with sync opportunity it just needs to fit what mood they are wanting to capture.

To submit your songs you must own your masters and have clearance to pitch to film, TV and other multi media from co-writers and publishing affiliates and have work for hire release forms signed by musicians and or producers affiliated with your song. We are looking forward to hearing your music.

Merf Music Group is a music publishing company based in Nashville, TN. We specialize in song placement to Major and Indie Recording Artists as well as placements for Film, TV and other multi-media formats. Our company places only exceptional quality music to our clients and it is our goal to be one of the most sought after companies to go to for songs on Music Row.

- Ray Hamilton / Merf Music Group

Deal Type: Catalog Inclusion
Decision Maker: We are the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Negotiable
Compensation: $300-$5000 plus with residual income for re-runs / TBD based on final placement
Song Quality: Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
Similar Sounding Artists: Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, Kelsea Ballerini, Cam, P!nk, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Maroon 5

I'm looking for a couple of hours a week of someone's time indefinitely to help with social media. Current project is I'd like to highlight some local artists whose work is being "shown" at our airbnb guest house so was thinking that I'd start an instagram account? Ideal person would have some level of experience with linkedin, instagram, etc. If you have a basic level of experience managing websites that could be helpful too - not building but just updating. Virtual is fine.

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke take audience questions about how much is too much when it comes to social media, and how to get anything done when trying to homeschool your children and work your normal job, during a live virtual Views and Brews.

Karen and Bradley interview Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU Mediagoblin project.

Show Notes:

Segment 0 (00:31)

Karen and Bradley introduce the interview.

Segment 0 (00:56)

• Karen and Bradley interview their guest, Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU Mediagoblin project.
• GNU Mediagoblin is licensed under the Affero GPL, but does not require copyright assignment and the developers have no plans to seek a proprietary licensing business.
• Bradley mentioned this dent by Stephen Fry on identi.ca, but that was in fact not his last dent as Bradley said. (21:50)
• GNU Mediagoblin is working on a fundraising video and will start a new fundraising campaign soon.
• Chris discussed this comic about trolls that was part of the slides of Chris' OSCON talk. (27:07)
• Chris mentioned the Open Source Almost Everything essay from GitHub's founder. (28:30)
• Karen mentioned Mike Linksvayer's talk in FaiF 0x2E. (39:00)

Segment 1 (43:36)

GNU Mediagoblin will be launching a fundraising campaign soon. Check back here for details later!

Send feedback and comments on the cast to <oggcast@faif.us>. You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter.

Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums.

The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A satirical look back at some of the quirkiest, most eyebrow-raising things that happened in the sports world this week.

THE ORIGINAL THREAD was a single strand — a simple string of vision and possibility. Kenny really wanted to hold a Super Bowl party downstairs. That’s the thing with threads, though. They’re so rarely self-contained. “We decided to take over the playroom, and then we just kind of kept going,” says architect Andrew Patterson, of […]

The coronavirus-related theories which Judy Mikovits presents in her best-selling book and a now-banned video defy accepted science and wilt under scrutiny, according to dozens of experts who spoke up after "Plandemic" trended this week.

Shares of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) are rising more than 8% Wednesday following significant increase in its first-quarter earnings and sales.

This article explains how to use IBM Db2 for i within a Node-RED flow to rapidly build a solution or prototype on IBM i. In the example illustrated in this article, we build a social media dashboard using 5733OPS Node.js, a Db2 for i node with IBM Watson, dashboard, and Twitter nodes.

Charlie Demers and Katie-Ellen Humphries Buzz-Feed off each other in their debate on social media as a source for news. Then, Don Kelly and Charles Haycock get comfortable when they compare chairs to couches.

Doctors on the COVID-19 frontlines in Italy face stark choices, how Canada would fare if we faced a spike in coronavirus cases, sports leagues suspend their seasons, the 2011 movie that gets things (mostly) right about pandemics, Canadian comedian Mae Martin's new show Feel Good and more.

Tech journalist Takara Small says people are building private social networks, through group messages with friends and family and interest-based communities, to create a safe space online.

There was a time when the only weddings we saw were the ones we attended. But in today’s social media world, we see thousands of weddings, from every imaginable angle.

American Public Media brings you over 20 national public radio programs and specials. Over 14 million people listen to American Public Media programs each week.

News sites are recording a huge spike in traffic - but with advertising dollars dropping, how will media survive?

News sites are recording a huge spike in traffic - but with advertising dollars dropping, how will media survive?

A Dubbo man is handed a community correction order and community service after pleading guilty to animal cruelty following his appearance in a video of an emu being plucked.

The magistrate who sentenced a man over the assault of a champion surfer says she took into account the public scolding he's received when deciding his punishment.

Sam Neill says he's in the "cheering-up" business. Acting is his profession, winemaking is his passion and now in times of COVID-19, the 72-year-old is delighting the masses on social media.

Melbourne Storm winger Josh Addo-Carr and the South Sydney Rabbitoh's fullback Latrell Mitchell post an apology on their social media accounts after footage emerged of the NRL players on a camping holiday with around 10 other men. The trip prompted a NSW Police investigation.

A court hears the NSW Rural Fire Service may ask the state's Attorney-General to relax restrictions so it can distribute the $51.3 million raised by comedian Celeste Barber to help victims of the Black Summer bushfires.

Controversial cartoonist Michael Leunig is accused of unfairly judging mothers in a cartoon that suggests some love their phones and Instagram more than their children.

A tale of two media environments: in the US, journalistic freedom is increasingly under threat from demonising rhetoric and the violent personal targeting of reporters; while in Ethiopia, the country’s new leader has opened the gate to press freedom. What can we learn from both experiences?

What is the relationship between depression and digital technology?

In this episode, we look ahead to the news and broader media environment in 2020 and pressing issues for local content in a globalised world. We also hear about the need to “decomputerise” in order to decarbonise. 

A 27-year-old Canberra man is found guilty of running a major drug operation to fuel a flamboyant lifestyle complete with expensive cars and inspirational quotes played out on Facebook and Instagram.

An Adelaide council's proposed plans for the upgrade of a skate park generates curiosity on social media, with an artist impression seemingly resembling part of the male anatomy.