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  • SoundExchange, webcasters settle at last

    Let the music play. Finally, after two a half years, we have an agreement on webcasting royalties that doesn't doom sites like Pandora to the ashheap. The LA Times reports that SoundExchange and...

    Blog posts | July 7, 2009 6:05pm PDT

  • Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for now

    Hollywood and Silicon Valley have reached an agreement on Internet radio - an experimental payment structure that is far from perfect but much better than the alternative rate system that...

    Blog posts | July 7, 2009 1:53pm PDT

  • Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!

    The Senate passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, described here. The bill goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. "I'm relieved, optimistic, and grateful to our listeners," said Tim...

    Blog posts | September 30, 2008 8:47pm PDT

  • Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passes; Pandora to continue royalty negotiations

    On Friday night Tim Westergren and his dedicated Pandora team worked overnight to rev up listeners once again to get on the phone with their local Congressional representatives and fight in favor...

    Blog posts | September 30, 2008 4:44pm PDT

  • House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today

    The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure...

    Blog posts | September 29, 2008 4:00am PDT

  • Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close

    I've been loving the Pandora app on my touch so news that Pandora is about ready to "pull the plug," is a heart-breaker. And yup, the Post reports, it's because of the draconian burden on...

    Blog posts | August 19, 2008 7:51am PDT

  • Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100m

    A federal judge ruled that that webcasters owe ASCAP – one of three major performing rights organizations representing songwriters – a flat 2.5 percent cut of music revenues. It's a big...

    Blog posts | May 1, 2008 4:01pm PDT

  • Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio bill

    We haven't heard much about saving net radio lately, but webcasters are hoping that will change with a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Thursday on that issue, among several other issues around...

    Blog posts | October 25, 2007 10:12am PDT

  • Revelations from Pandora's music box

    Tim Westergren, founder and chief strategy officer of Pandora, is looking to change royalty rates, the musician class system and how companies interact with their customers.

    News items | September 18, 2007 11:50am PDT

  • Webcasters dubious about SoundExchange offer

    After months of negotiations with SoundExchange, the record industry's royalty-collection agency, small Net radio stations say the group's compromise offer is unacceptable, AP reports. Under the...

    Blog posts | August 23, 2007 8:28pm PDT

  • Net radio saved from the axe - maybe

    Taking the conflict all the way to the 11th hours and then some, SoundExchange, the broadcasting royalty collection arm of the recording industry, and Internet radio stations have agreed to a...

    Blog posts | July 13, 2007 11:40pm PDT

  • 'Day of Silence' for Internet radio

    Gandhi would be proud of what probably is the Internet's first passive resistance protest--the "Day of Silence" coming to Internet radio on June 26. As a response to a court ruling that imposes...

    Blog posts | June 22, 2007 3:18pm PDT

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