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A&R Artist and Repertoire Blog i.e. weblog. An online diary / chain of thoughts posted by a 'blogger' in chronological order. Clickthrough When someone clicks on an online advert, e.g. a banner. Copyright The legal right of an author/artist to own their work and control how it is copied. CPC Cost per click - used in online advertising. CPM/CPT Cost per impression (The M is Latin and refers to one thousand, therefore cost per thousand impressions in online advertising). DRM Digital Rights Management. Ecommerce Online Retail through a website. Imprint Brand name or (often subsidiary) label of a record label. ISP Internet Service Provider. IT Information Technology. MP3 Digital audio encoding format, or in popular usage, an MP3 is a file of a music recording stored in MP3 format on computers. Multimedia Encompassing many different forms of media formats, such as audio, video and text Podcast An MP3 recording that is automatically downloaded to a user's computer, to be listened to when the listener wants. Often used by radio. It can be played on any MP3 player. Pop-up An advert that 'pops up' in a new window to the one you are viewing. PPC Pay Per Click. Advertisers pay a set fee for an online listing depending on users clicking on the search word. Record Label The business entity that produces, distributes and promotes audio and video recordings of the artists signed to it. R'n'B Rhythm and Blues. RSS Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary: web content syndication format and users can subscribe to an RSS feed where they receive a summary of a website's news. Search Engine A web based application that searches through web pages of registered sites. A user types in a keyword(s) to be searched. A list of relevant sites will then be listed. SEO Search Engine Optimisation - SEO is a system used to improve a website's chances of appearing at the top of the listings produced by a search engine. |