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November 20, 2022
WESA-WYEP/Pittsburgh Content Staff Votes To Unionize With SAG-AFTRA
Content staffers at PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP., operator of News-Talk WESA and Triple A WYEP/PITTSBURGH and JAZZWORKS, made it official by voting to form a union with SAG-AFTRA. The staffers previously petitioned management to voluntarily … more »
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November 18, 2022
WESA-WYEP/Pittsburgh Content Staff Votes To Unionize With SAG-AFTRA
Content staffers at PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP., operator of News-Talk WESA and Triple A WYEP/PITTSBURGH and JAZZWORKS, made it official by voting to form a union with SAG-AFTRA. The staffers previously petitioned management to voluntarily … more »
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October 10, 2022
Audacy To Flip WNYL (Alt 92.3)/New York To WINS Simulcast, Ben Mevorach Upped To VP/NY News, Ivan Lee To WINS-WCBS-A Brand Mgr.
AUDACY is flipping Alternative WNYL (ALT 92.3)/NEW YORK to a simulcast of News WINS-A on OCTOBER 27th as the newsrooms of WINS and sister WCBS-A merge to share anchors and reporters under a new agreement with union SAG-AFTRA. WINS Dir./News and … more »
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October 10, 2022
Tim Scheld To Exit As Brand Mgr./News Dir. At WCBS-A/New York
AUDACY News WCBS-A/NEW YORK Brand Manager and News Dir. TIM SCHELD told his staff in a memo FRIDAY (10/7) that he will be leaving the station before the end of the year, an announcement that foreshadowed MONDAY's news that the newsrooms of WINS and … more »
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September 22, 2022
American Music Fairness Act, Pro-Performance Royalty Bill, Introduced In Senate
The American Music Fairness Act, introduced in the HOUSE by Rep. TED DEUTCH (D-FL) and DARRELL ISSA (R-CA) late in 2021, has been introduced in the SENATE, where Sens. ALEX PADILLA (D-CA) and MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN) are co-sponsors of the bill, which … more »
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August 30, 2022
WESA-WYEP/Pittsburgh Content Staff Petitions To Unionize
Content staffers at PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP., operator of News-Talk WESA and Triple A WYEP/PITTSBURGH, have voted to petition the company to recognize their intention to form a union with SAG-AFTRA. The move was approved by a supermajority … more »
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June 30, 2022
California's Seven-Year Statute Upheld In State Legislature
Major record labels are breathing a sigh of relief. The FAIR ACT (FREE ARTISTS FROM INDUSTRY RESTRICTIONS), also known as AB BILL 983, which would have repealed CALIFORNIA's Seven-Year Statute allowing record labels to sue an artist who leaves after … more »
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February 28, 2022
SAG-AFTRA, New York Public Radio Settle Unfair Labor Practice Complaints
SAG-AFTRA and NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO have settled the union's unfair labor practice complaints against the operator of News-Talk WNYC-A-F and Classical WQXR/NEW YORK, the NEW JERSEY PUBLIC RADIO stations, podcast producer WNYC STUDIOS, GOTHAMIST, and … more »
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February 2, 2022
Congressional Panel Hears Testimony On Radio Performance Royalty Bill
WEDNESDAY's (2/2) HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE's hearing on the American Music Fairness Act, the bill that would impose a performance royalty on broadcasters, featured remote testimony from GLORIA ESTEFAN and NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS … more »
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October 4, 2021
NPR, SAG-AFTRA Ink New Contract
NPR and SAG-AFTRA inked a new contract FRIDAY (10/1) that will give NPR staffers 2.5% pay raises yearly through 2025, 20 weeks of paid parental leave, and other features. The deal, covering 521 NPR staffers including hosts, news personnel, editors, … more »