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Media Creek becomes SoundStack in reorg-rebrand; launches SoundStack Engine; Live365 unchanged

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Brad Hill

Media Creek, an audio-tech holding company launched in February 2018, announces today a rebranding as SoundStack. In what a company representative calls “a unification/rebranding of all of the collective Media Creek brands,” SoundStack encompasses existing services Live365 and Empire Streaming. Also announced today: A newer service called SoundStack Engine, a platform for both live streaming and podcast distribution. Continue Reading →

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“We were not surprised.” Jon Stephenson, head of Live365, on the new CRB royalty rates

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Brad Hill

In a continuing follow-up to Friday’s CRB (Copyright Royalty Board) ruling on non-interactive music streaming royalty rates (called Web V), we spoke to Jon Stephenson, CEO of Media Creek, the parent company of webcasting platform Live365. Good planning and a big platform are easing the transition into a new royalty-rate period. Continue Reading →

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Live365 crosses border to Canada: “This is only the beginning of our expansion”

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Brad Hill

Live365, the venerable internet radio platform for webcasters at all levels, is now streaming in Canada. Licensing from SOCAN and Re:Sound enables the company to distribute in the U.S. neighbor. “This is only the beginning of our expansion,” says CEO Jon Stephenson. Continue Reading →

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Live365 is back for real, emerging into public webcaster sign-up

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Brad Hill

Iconic webcasting platform Live365, which went out of business in January, 2016, and reemerged under new ownership in August, has announced that the platform is now open to webcaster sign-ups following a limited roll-out that began in January. Continue Reading →