Posts Tagged ‘soundexchange’
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
…Webcasters blew a golden opportunity to reach an accord that would have given them much of what they asked for. [MORE]
Tags: fees, last.fm, pandora, radio, riaa, soundexchange, webcasters
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
February 16, 2009: The NAB and SoundExchange have come to an agreement on Internet streaming rates for local radio stations that simulcast their programming online or create new Internet-only stations. [MORE]
Tags: fees, internet, radio, rates, soundexchange, streaming
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Last night the House passed a bill that essentially gives Pandora and other Webcasters the ability to negotiate with the music business over royalty rates. [MORE]
Tags: fees, music, pandora, radio, riaa, royalties, soundexchange, streaming
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Time is running out on a bill that could pave the way for Pandora and other Webcasters to pay reduced royalty rates, as traditional radio broadcasters are now trying to kill the legislation. [MORE]
Tags: NAB, online, pandora, radio, riaa, royalties, soundexchange, streaming
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
With Congress due to adjourn Friday, lawmakers worked late Thursday evening to resolve a couple of high profile digital-entertainment issues. [MORE]
Tags: copyright, fees, music, online, pandora, radio, riaa, royalties, soundexchange, streaming
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The company’s customized and programmable radio stations feature a healthy catalog of over two million songs that the company licenses directly from labels and publishers without putting up with SoundExchange’s government-mandated royalty rates. [MORE]
Tags: interactive, mobile, music, portable, radio, riaa, slick slacker g2, soundexchange
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
SoundExchange head Jon Simson is the last person on the planet we expected to hear talking about how great Pandora’s streaming radio service is. After all, his organization proposed the very same royalty rates enacted by the US Copyright Royalty Board that threaten to put Pandora out of business. [MORE]
Tags: copyright, fees, music, online, pandora, radio, riaa, soundexchange, stream
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