Music Business Times Radio-TV-Video Newshttp://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/152OVH0JFX.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ Broadcasters call the Performance Rights Act a tax. To the music industry, it's more like a royalty fee. But the legislation, which is gaining momentum in both the House and the Senate, is making radio stations nervous. For more than 80 years, commercial stations have aired songs without paying royalties to musicians. Sound recordings were exempted from performance rights fees even after they became copyrightable in 1972; and the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act, passed in 1995, applied only to new technologies such as cable, satellite and Internet radio. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-radio3-2009jul03,0,6937549.story?track=rss Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-radio3-2009jul03,0,6937549.story?track=rss? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:48 GMT Everyone knows Simon Cowell is vain: a fellow American Idol judge once joked that his RayBan sunglasses are mirrored on the inside too. He even turned down a recent dinner invitation from Barack Obama because their diaries 'didn't quite match'. All the more reason why he's been chafing at the bit of late, says The Sunday Times. Despite his success as TV's most bankable personality, 'Mr Nasty' is not his own man. http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-charts/simon-cowell-the-restless-ambition-of-tvs-mr-nasty-44237.aspx Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-charts/simon-cowell-the-restless-ambition-of-tvs-mr-nasty-44237.aspx? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:36 GMT The Copyright Royalty Board has indicated that satellite radio will pay higher royalties, which jumped from 6% to 6.5% last year and will grow over time to 8% in 2012. There’s just one problem: the so-called 'U.S. Music Royalty Fee' of $1.98 per month for primary subscriptions or $0.97 a month for... http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002363/sirius-xm-price-hike-using-royalties-as-income-boost-excuse/ Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002363/sirius-xm-price-hike-using-royalties-as-income-boost-excuse/? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:08 GMT As news spread about Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, fans and curiosity seekers inundated the Internet for information, slowing several major news sites to a crawl, according to website performance measurement firm Keynote Systems. The firm said that during the early evening hours, sites including ABC, CBS, AOL... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/26/death-michael-jackson-spikes-news-traffic%2C-music-sales Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/26/death-michael-jackson-spikes-news-traffic%2C-music-sales? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:04 GMT So far, U.S. music fans can only read about the much-hyped service, as it isn't yet available domestically. But as the company prepares to launch the service stateside before the end of the year, let's examine why Spotify has been anointed the iTunes of streaming music. Compared with its competitors in the... http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE55K07U20090621 Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE55K07U20090621? Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:22 GMT Sirius XM will raise its rates by $1.98/month on July 29 to compensate for an increase in music royalty fees, it is telling its customers. Customer-service representatives at its call center said consumers can avoid the increase by signing up for a year’s service or longer. A one-year ... http://www.twice.com/article/CA6666350.html Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.twice.com/article/CA6666350.html? Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:53 GMT SPPF, a French royalty collection society for independent record labels, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's YouTube, claiming $13.9 million in damages over videos removed from YouTube at SPPF's request last year that have since reappeared. http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/18/french-indie-label-group-sppf-sues-youtube-over-copyrights Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/18/french-indie-label-group-sppf-sues-youtube-over-copyrights? Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:29 GMT The Webcaster Settlement Act, if signed by President Obama, will suspend implementation of the controversial royalty rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board further while webcasters continue to negotiate with rights holders. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan. http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/18/senate-passes-webcaster-settlement-act-2009 Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/18/senate-passes-webcaster-settlement-act-2009? Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:27 GMT If youve not tried Spotify yet, then please, please do. Give yourself at least half an hour and at best an hour for your first visit. Spotify is a streaming music service. There are oodles of artist and oodles of songs available. OK, at the current count the number is a shade over 90,000 tracks. If your musical... http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012973o-46212b,00.htm Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012973o-46212b,00.htm? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:33 GMT Jelli on Wednesday introduced a 'crowdsourced' radio programming model, where Web users will help determine what songs are played both online, and over the air on a traditional radio station. Users can rate what songs are playing, determine what the next song will be 'seconds before its plays,' and even vote to pull... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/17/jelli-introduces-%2526quot%3Bcrowdsourced%2526quot%3B-internet%2C-terrestrial-radio Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/17/jelli-introduces-%2526quot%3Bcrowdsourced%2526quot%3B-internet%2C-terrestrial-radio? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:16 GMT Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IP TV network, or a mobile handset will generate more than $78 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the US markets over the next six years, according to a new market research study. Streaming media... http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/06/15/4226619.htm Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/06/15/4226619.htm? Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:55 GMT Stateside, the recording industry is fighting for performance royalties from terrestrial broadcasters. But in Europe, traditional radio stations already pay that royalty - but only until the copyright expires fifty years after creation. 'The vast majority of creators benefit from having their works protected by... http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061409recording Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061409recording? Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:59 GMT Clear Channel Radio has partnered with artist management firm Front Line to launch a new series of artist-programmed Internet radio stations, Billboard reported. The ad-supported a.p.e. (artist personal experience) stations will launch next month from artists including the Eagles, Weezer, and Christina Aguilera... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/12/clear-channel-offer-artist-programmed-web-radio-stations Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/12/clear-channel-offer-artist-programmed-web-radio-stations? Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:46 GMT Yahoo Music has launched its own free iPhone application, providing users with 150 Yahoo Music streaming stations, in addition to over 100 stations from CBS Radio, which developed the application. Users will be able to link through to purchase songs heard from Apple's iTunes Store. http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/11/yahoo-music-debuts-free-iphone-application Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/11/yahoo-music-debuts-free-iphone-application? Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:46 GMT Departing Last.fm co-founders, Felix Miller, Richard Jones and Martin Stiksel, are to stay on as consultants until September 2009 and will help choose their successors. Quincy Smith, chief executive of CBS Interactive, confirmed the founders were leaving of their own accord to pursue their own individual interests, but would stay on as consultants until September. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/5497577/Last.fm-founders-to-choose-their-successors.html Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/5497577/Last.fm-founders-to-choose-their-successors.html? Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:20 GMT Which top-selling artist purportedly had his new single yanked from some radio stations playlists in retaliation for supporting royalties for musicians? No one involved will name the recording artist, but his no-play treatment by several radio stations is alleged in a complaint filed with the Federal Communications http://www.ottawasun.com/entertainment/music/2009/06/10/9751641.html Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.ottawasun.com/entertainment/music/2009/06/10/9751641.html? Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:18 GMT The three founders of music recommendation site Last.fm, Martin Stiksel, Felix Miller and Richard Jones, are to leave the firm later this year. Two years after the site was bought by US media giant CBS and seven years since once of the UK's most successful web 2.0 start-ups launched, all three are to leave Last.fm... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/10/last-fm-founders-to-leave Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/10/last-fm-founders-to-leave? Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14 GMT What started as a pet project for their music-obsessed mates now has more than 30 million users every month. So where next? 'There's more to life than just being big, so we spent a lot of time figuring out how to marry the entertainment experience and advertising to make money,' says Felix Miller, who won't say whether... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/03/last-fm Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/03/last-fm? Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:12 GMT Vevo, the upcoming music video site that will be operated by YouTube-owner Google, was reported to have added an important chunk of music to its growing catalog from indie powerhouse A2IM, an international consortium of 225 independent record labels including Beggars Group, Roadrunner Records and Tommy Boy, according http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/vevowatch_a2i/ Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/vevowatch_a2i/? Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT The National Association of Media Brokers has weighed in on royalties, with a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to oppose the Performance Rights Act. The letter, signed by NAMB Treasurer Richard Kozacko, notes that members of the organization negotiate and close most U.S. radio and television deals. The letter con http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1361410&spid=24698 Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1361410&spid=24698? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:56 GMT Joel Tenenbaum and his Harvard Law legal team will appear in the Boston Federal Courthouse for a hearing to decide the outcome of all his constitutional counterclaims against the Recording Industry Association of America. Tenenbaum is being sued for more than one million dollars by the music industry for illegally... http://www.betanews.com/article/Fate-of-webcast-RIAA-trial-to-be-decided-today/1244223166 Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.betanews.com/article/Fate-of-webcast-RIAA-trial-to-be-decided-today/1244223166? Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:15 GMT Sony Music Entertainment is joining online music video service, Vevo, which was conceived by Universal Music Group and is powered by Google's YouTube. And Vevo is still 'exploring additional strategic participation by third-party investors to join as equity partners.' Warner Music Group... http://www.thedeal.com/corporatedealmaker/2009/06/sony_enters_youtube-umg_music.php Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.thedeal.com/corporatedealmaker/2009/06/sony_enters_youtube-umg_music.php? Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:02 GMT We all know how hard it is to get your music 'out there' if you’re in an unsigned band. More so if, like us, you’re rubbish. Now, though, there’s a way for unsigned acts to get their tunes heard on Spotify... via Ditto Music! Ditto Music allows you to upload your music for free to its site. Should you join you’d be... http://fwd.five.tv/news/spotify-ditto-music-unsigned-act-heaven Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://fwd.five.tv/news/spotify-ditto-music-unsigned-act-heaven? Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:55 GMT Two magazines that served the professional music industry are closing due to the tough economic climate and increases in online media consumption. Music and radio industry trade Radio + Records will shut down this week after 36 years. R+R's airplay charts and some other content will be added to Billboard Magazine. http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/06/radio-records-and-performing-songwriter-stop-publishing.html Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/06/radio-records-and-performing-songwriter-stop-publishing.html? Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:10 GMT In April, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with 6.8 billion videos viewed (40.7% online video market share), a 15% increase versus March. YouTube.com accounted for more than 99% of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 513 million... http://www.comscore.com/layout/set/popup/layout/set/popup/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/6/Americans_Viewed_a_Record_16.8_Billion_Videos_Online_in_April Delicious/mbtimes/raticker http://www.comscore.com/layout/set/popup/layout/set/popup/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/6/Americans_Viewed_a_Record_16.8_Billion_Videos_Online_in_April? Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:39 GMT