The Death Of
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Internet Radio
and why musicians should be furious
at the music industry
by Gary Wien
Independent musicians are
losing many of their best supporters because of a major increase in royalty rates charged
to internet radio stations. Over
5,000 stations on live365.com
are forced to shut down at the
end of January and that’s only
the tip of the iceberg. It’s not
that these stations don’t believe
in paying royalties to artists, it’s
NewJerseyStage.com
that the royalty rate put in place
is simply unworkable. Independent musicians should be upset since internet radio stations
often provide their first (and
sometimes only) radio airplay.
Music licensing companies are
supposed to be working for artists and not shutting down promotional outlets and potential
revenue sources.
2016 - ISSUE 1
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