Radio: Anti-Payola Guidelines OK
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The Future of Music Coalition, working to end payola so independent labels get the same radio play as the majors, announce the FCC and broadcasters agree to its rules. In Listening Post.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Pilot leaders at United Airlines unanimously endorsed a tentative agreement that will cut pay by 15 percent, opting to accept management&#39;s demands rather than risk the chance of losing more in federal bankruptcy court.
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WASHINGTON The Associated Press reports some details are coming out today about proposed federal rules for regional phone companies.
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Several news reports have suggested that the F.C.C. will soon announce a settlement with four major radio broadcasters over payola.
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An anonymous bidder has met the reserve price for the so-called C-block of 700 MHz in the FCC's ongoing auction, virtually guaranteeing that the FCC's open-access conditions will be met. Open-access advocates greeted the news with mixed reactions.
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Broadcasters beat back a proposal that would have required them to give up their current analog channels by 2009 as their allies on the Senate Commerce Committee won approval Wednesday for a weaker proposal.
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There may be a compromise in the works between music webcasters and a group that represents performers and record companies over an upcoming rate increase for playing music over Internet radio.
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Blog: Music industry group that collects royalty payments has offered a compromise, but it's unclear whether it will go far enough to please disgruntled Webcasters.
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A simple, "pay what you like" offering breaks all the rules and helps set the stage for the splintered future of the music biz. Bands need to treat marketing and management decisions as a valid part of the creative process. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Opinion Pay up, or your server gets it
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U.S. communications regulators are  expected to approve on Tuesday a plan to loosen media ownership  restrictions, despite objections from consumer groups and a  threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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A new law takes effect today that&#39;s sure to have a positive impact on the nation&#39;s payment system. It&#39;s also likely to have an impact on those who pull out a checkbook when it&#39;s time to pay the bills.
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The Federal Communications Commission is pushing ahead to pass a rule today that would allow more consolidation of local media ownership in the nation's largest cities, despite the fresh threat of a legislative rebuke and continued protests from advocacy groups.
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Blog: Some Webcasters say they're encouraged by recent offers by the record industry group charged with collecting higher fees, but nothing's set in stone yet.
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A Los Angeles Times story published yesterday revealed that the new Copyright Alliance, made up of content and recording industry leaders and supported by Rep. Howard Berman (D - Calif.), has as its key mission the establishment of a system of rates which both terrestrial and Internet-based radio stations would pay as performance royalties.
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Blog: Some Webcasters say they're encouraged by recent offers by the record industry group charged with collecting higher fees--including a potential reprieve for some smaller online DJs.--but nothing's set in stone yet.
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Yesterday, the biggest pay cut in American history took effect: The Bush administration&#39;s overtime pay cut became official. It&#39;s a new federal rule that could strip up to 6 million workers of overtime pay