Music in Orbit
Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age
$41.53
- Paperback
318 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2025
Summary
Years before the advent of music streaming, Sirius and XM established satellite radio services that attracted paying subscribers through their ever-expanding lineup of niche music channels and exclusive celebrity-hosted programming. Music in Orbit is the first book to explore how satellite radio bridges legacy broadcast music radio and streaming platforms, serving as both precursor and integral player in today’s streaming media environment. Arguing for the ongoing significance of radio in the digital age and the pernicious effects of monopoly power on the vibrancy of contemporary music industries, Music in Orbit offers essential context for the serious problems now facing working musicians, music consumers, and music communities.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520414167 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520414160 |
| Author: | Brian Fauteux |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 318 |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Music in Orbit provides essential insight into the serious challenges confronting working musicians, music consumers, and the broader music communities that are the lifeblood of popular culture.”
* The Journal of Popular Culture *“A compelling study of satellite radio within the shifting landscape of music distribution.”
* Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *Brian Fauteux
Brian Fauteux is Associate Professor of Popular Music and Media Studies at the University of Alberta and author of Music in Range: The Culture of Canadian Campus Radio.
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