Legislators propose new royalties for Big Radio
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U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday  introduced legislation to undo a 50-year-old exemption that  lets big radio companies like Clear Channel Communications Inc  and CBS Corp air songs without paying record labels or  performers any royalties.
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Small Internet radio stations were offered a break yesterday, when a recording industry group offered to reduce the royalties it collects for music played online.
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European Parliament is pushing for changes in how musicians collect online copyright fees.
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Music performers could see a big boost to their lifetime earnings under EU plans to extend music rights.
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National Public Radio's expansion plans, stemming from a newly robust endowment, is causing concern among its station managers.
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Internet radio broadcasters and the music industry appeared to be moving closer Monday to resolving a dispute over a new system mandating higher royalty fees for streaming music online.
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It looks grim for webcasters -- the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board announces retroactive rates, endorsing a per-play proposal by RIAA-associated SoundExchange. In Listening Post.
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Big Broadcasters ready to cuff labels again Column Although the recording industry is thought by some to be all-powerful, American broadcasters actually wield far greater power. Radio has been able to get away with not paying labels for music they play: specifically, performance royalties that broadcasters elsewhere in the world owe to the labels for broadcast music. But is this all about to change?â¦
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Amid continued controversy over applying the Fairness Doctrine to radio, the controversy over charging webcasters millions in retroactive royalty fees has seemingly come to a conclusion. On Thursday, the House of Representatives failed to come to the rescue of webcasters in a dispute with record companies over new royalty rates the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) put into place. Still, many broadcasters claim they cannot afford the increased fees and might go silent forever.
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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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$2,500 limit on multi-stream stations Music industry taxman SoundExchange is offering a new deal to internet radio broadcasters who say upcoming royalty hikes will kill online broadcasting.â¦
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Blog: Barring a last-minute industry compromise, new royalty rates--which Internet radio operators argue could cripple their services--are slated to kick in Sunday.
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But the price is not always in dollars, like the many millions News Limited, publisher of The Daily Telegraph - or whoever takes up the SANZAR package - will have to pay for the broadcasting rights that will fund it.
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Since the dawn of the musical era in radio, broadcasters have been free from paying royalties to musical performers. Radio was once the bands' ticket to the big leagues. That may change if two congressmen have their way.
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By John Dunbar  WASHINGTON - Radio listeners weary of hearing the same songs over and  over might have something to cheer about: Broadcasters have tentatively  agreed to anti-payola settlements that could shake up music play-lists at  some of the nation's largest radio chains.
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Internet radio webcasters are hoping a Senate hearing today will renew legislators' interest in their negotiations with the recording industry over royalty fees.
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Blog: New letter to Congress from Yahoo, RealNetworks, Pandora and Live365 execs urges politicos to reconsider new rules they argue would require not only higher royalty rates on songs, but more than $1 billion in annual "administrative" fees.