Judges for music tech finals at SXSW range from musicians Michael Franti and Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, co-founder CashMusic) to music tech xecs Jed Carlson of ReverbNation and Ian Rogers of Topspin. (Full list of judges after the nominees below.) Th

3 February 2012 Last updated at 08:29 ET By David Dulin BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. In its heyday, Barry Island used to attract huge numbers of visitors each year "Barry Island! Oh, where you going to have the w

Guest post by Ian Rogers of Topspin Media. Last week's Internet-wide SOPA/PIPA protests divided the Internet between content owners looking for stronger anti-piracy tools and technologists who believed the proposed legislation was an overreach. Those opp

But I found myself on the side of the technologists in this debate; based on my read the legislation didn't solve the problems it aimed to and created a number of unintended problems instead. I voiced my opposition to SOPA/PIPA in a letter on Topspin's h

On a new episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers inteviews Jeff Jampol, Manager and President of Jampol Artist Management. He's the manager of legendary, iconic long since left us artists like the estates of The Doors, Janis Joplin, Rick James and Pet

THE 8lb 2oz rainbow that fell for a Diawl Bach fly cast by Chris Thomas, from Pontypool, was fish of the week while his brother Geoff caught the second best fish weighing 6.25lb. Cardiff fly-fisherman John Thomas netted a rainbow an ounce over 6lb and Ia