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Music copyright owners want radio companies that have taken part in a “platform convergence”- delivering high-definition radio and satellite radio to devices that can receive, compile, store and play music - to adhere to licensing agreements that would compensate the music creators and copyright owners fairly, writes Billboard Radio Monitor.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recently met, following the April 26 introduction of the Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006 (PERFORM Act) that would require cable, internet and satellite music providers to prevent music theft and to pay fair market value for digital music. Topics discussed by the committee included current radio technology and whether copyright law is keeping up with innovative music platforms.
Though the PERFORM Act would not affect over-the-air broadcasting, it would prohibit the creation of music libraries unless royalties were paid for that distribution, said Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who is backing the bill.
Hyper-conservative Rush Limbaugh - heard weekly by nearly 20 million listeners on about 600 radio stations nationwide - renewed his contract with Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio, continuing syndication of The Rush Limbaugh Show.
The deal also includes…
WSJ.com’s traffic soared an impressive 94 percent in June compared to the same month last year, according to the company’s internal traffic numbers.
Total page views ballooned 45 percent, to 150 million, compared to the same month last year, writes Mediaweek.…
Kozy Shack, maker of rice and chocolate pudding, is sponsoring the New York Mets, with tubs of the pudding being sold individually at Shea Stadium as well as being included in children’s meals. And the snacks are selling so well…
Though U.K. advertiser investment committed for 2008 is staying put, discretionary spending is becoming shorter-term, at or slightly short of budget; still, WPP’s GroupM forecasts 4 percent growth in 2008 and 3 percent in 2009 for the U.K., thanks to internet…
Email is the most popular form of direct response marketing, with 35 percent of companies using it - compared to 25 percent that use traditional direct mail - according to a new survey conducted by Direct Partners (via Adweek).
The survey…
Without spam protection, the average web user can expect to get 70 spam messages each day, according to a survey by McAfee, the BBC reports (via MarketingVOX).
For the McAfee spam test, 50 people worldwide were asked to web-surf without a spam…
