How to get ahead in webcasting

Last year was not the ideal time to start a webcasting business. A copyright royalty board had ordered a stunning increase in royalties for webcasters in March, increasing the rates paid to labels and performers 150% over five years. Nevertheless, Jango.com launched in July with a preview of a social network wrapped around a personalized webcasting service. Within two months of its formal debut in November, it had attracted 1 million listeners who created 3 million customized stations. (LA Times)

Jango Hits 1 Million Listeners; 3 Million Stations

The social music and online radio site known as Jango has proved to be quite the popular newcomer, having announced that the free service has more than 1 million listeners who have created a total of more than 3 million custom Internet radio stations. Pretty impressive news for a service which only publicly launched just two short months ago. Even more impressive are the stats available from Compete.com, which show that Jango is already aimed at similar well-established services in terms of traffic, having attracted 423,000 US visitors in December alone, compared to 990,000 unique visitors for Last.fm and 1,596,000 for the current frontrunner, Pandora. (Profy.com)