>Many years ago when radio was battling against allegations of payola, an illegal practice in the eyes of the government; an agreement was reached so that radio stations would pay a “tax” to songwriters for playing music on the air. It was also agreed upon that radio would not pay the artist or the performer […]
> Why has this turned into Black Performers vs. Radio One? On Tuesday Dionne Warwick, Martha Reeves, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, George Clinton, Sam Moore of Sam & Dave among others turned out for House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers‘ Town Hall meeting at Wayne State University in Detroit. It was called “Awareness for […]
>SoundExchange is an independent, nonprofit performance rights organization that is designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for featured recording artists. From FMQB Twitter update According to the NAB, a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives now opposes the controversial performance royalty rate. The Local Radio Freedom Act […]
> “I’ll tell you what will happen,” (if the Performance Royality Tax becomes law) “You won’t get anymore new music, because I will only play a song by an artist who is proven, or dead and proven. I’m not going to play a song to see if the audience likes it -Tom Joyner http://eplayer.clipsyndicate.com/cs_api/get_swf/2/&va_id=953647&wpid=0&csEnv=p Small […]