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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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January 27, 2022
House Judiciary Committee To Hold Hearing On Pro-Performance Royalty Bill
The HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY will hold a hearing on the American Music Fairness Act, the bill aiming to impose a performance royalty fee on broadcasters, on FEBRUARY 2nd at 10a (ET). The hearing was scheduled without comment from the committee. … more »
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January 21, 2022
Black Music & Radio Media Industry Veteran Sidney Miller Has Passed
ALL ACCESS sends condolences to the family and friends of SIDNEY MILLER Jr. The 89-year-old died YESTERDAY (1/20) in the DC/VA area. Funeral information is forthcoming. He was the Founder/Publisher of BRE (BLACK RADIO EXCLUSIVE) MAGAZINE for 40 years and … more »
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November 1, 2021
In Support Of The American Music Fairness Act, musicFirstTakes Swipe At AM/FM Broadcasters
musicFIRST has announced the beginning of MUSIC FAIRNESS AWARENESS MONTH, an effort by music creators throughout the month of NOVEMBER to bring attention to what it calls an injustice that denies artists payment when their music is played on AM/FM radio. … more »
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October 11, 2021
musicFIRST Calls On Congress To Pass The American Music Fairness Act
Former NEW YORK congressman and musicFIRST Chairman JOE CROWLEY, along with the musicFIRST coalition, has issued a statement calling for CONGRESS to the AMERICAN MUSIC FAIRNESS ACT on the third anniversary of the MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT becoming law. The … more »
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October 1, 2021
musicFIRST, Future Of Music Coalition Charge NAB With 'Hypocrisy' In Comments To FCC On Ownership Rules
The musicFIRST COALITION and the FUTURE OF MUSIC COALITION (FMC) filed reply comments in the FCC's quadrennial ownership rules review taking the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB) to task for its comments asking for a loosening of ownership … more »
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August 26, 2021
Chartmetric Partnered With The Gender Identification Project To Launch The 'Make Music Equal' Initiative
CHARTMETRIC, a music industry market analytics and business intelligence service, has launch the “Make Music Equal” initiative on WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY. This data-driven project creates transparency regarding inequities throughout the … more »
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August 18, 2021
KCMP/Twin Cities Names Diane Miller as New 'Local Show' Host
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO Triple A KCMP (89.3 THE CURRENT)/MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL has announced the hire of local musician and journalist DIANE MILLER as host and producer of THE LOCAL SHOW. The show airs SUNDAYS at 6-8p. MILLER follows ANDREA SWENSSON, who … more »
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August 3, 2021
musicFIRST Takes Aim At Broadcasters In Memo
The musicFIRST Coalition has made public a memo aimed at broadcasters as they approach their earnings reports. They write, "The dominant U.S. broadcasters (iHEART, CUMULUS, AUDACY and TOWNSQUARE) will hold their quarterly earnings calls this week. … more »
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May 25, 2021
Former Congressman Joe Crowley Named Chairman Of musicFIRST
Former Congressman JOE CROWLEY (D-NY) has joined musicFIRST as Chairman. CROWLEY will lead the coalition in lobbying CONGRESS to pass a performance royalty bill targeting broadcast radio. He served 10 terms representing the seventh, and then, after … more »