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We need to talk about Freely. Why? Because it’s a clear pointer to the future of radio. Broadcasters are already planning for a time when TV and radio are delivered as an IP Internet stream and not a linear over-the-air transmission. Hence the BBC’s huge investment in its iPlayer and Sounds streaming services.

About a year ago the writer, editor and founder of Rolling Stone magazine Jann Wenner was unceremoniously booted off the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation board of directors. His misdemeanour? In an interview with the New York Times about his new book The Masters, featuring conversations he’d conducted with artists such as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, etc, he claimed that he’d decided not to include any women or black artists because, ‘none of them were articulate enough on this intellectual level’.