Reuters Newsbeats are produced by Cellular Records in San Francisco. Cellular Records uses a network of studios, producers, artists and DJs to create and deliver music content. This work is performed on a wide variety of digital audio hardware and software on both Mac and PC platforms. For Reuters Newsbeats, tracking typically takes place on a Mac based Protools System then Sony ACID Pro 6.0 for Windows/XP is used to edit, arrange and mixdown the final track. For the music technology fans here is as list of some of the specific technologies used in the production process:
Ashley and the others at Cellular Records weren’t 100% content with the track from the 7th May so they mixed up this new version.
The lastest track from Reuters Newsbeats featuring the top news from the weekend. (apologies for late posting). Feel free to send us a comment on this post or any of the earlier Newsbeats tracks.
Here is the latest Reuters Newsbeat track featuring all the top news from Friday night. As always we welcome feedback as comments to this and other posts.
Sorry we’re a little late posting this track. Yesterday was exhausting, and our friends in San Francisco were up late finishing off the track. Today’s track is a little more jazzy and funky and has world updates, business news and a story on the French President’s anger of a media smear campaign.
We’ll probably take a break over the weekend, so enjoy this weeks set of track and we’ll try and have something ready by Monday.
We asked Ashley Allen, Founder and CEO of Cellular Records, if he’d like to comment about this experimental service they have helped Reuters build:
Hi, I’m Ashley Allen, Founder and CEO of Cellular Records Inc, a new media company dedicated to the production, sale and distribution of innovative music products. Cellular Records is happy to present Newziq(tm), the fusion of news, information and music. Newziq(tm) is a platform designed to deliver information to consumers – directly and subliminally – using spoken word and music. We are happy to be working with Reuters in piloting this new information service so please subscribe to Reuters Newsbeats podcast and/or listen on-line. Follow the beat of the news. Listen to Newziq(tm).”
Ashley just delivered us an update to today’s track with more effects. You can follow this link (or right click) to download it.
We’ve posted the latest Reuters Newsbeat track including news from the We Media conference in London.
Let us know what you think.
Reuters Newsbeats is a experimental service that blends music and news. Built from Reuters news reporting and the creative Newziq technology of Cellular Records this experience delivers a different way of consuming your daily news.
The audio tracks are taken from our news video reports and then mixed up with original music composed by the musicians and sound engineers at Cellular Records.
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