Monday, February 03, 2003


Meme of the Moment


The RIAA represents large manufacturers, not musicians. This is self-evident, but the rhetoric coming from the organization itself often obscures this fact. Two new articles released this weekend, one short (Janis Ian) and one much longer (by NARAS board member John Snyder) serve as reminders that those musicians and record companies who can’t afford to pay off Clear Channel for airplay have a different perspective on things than BMG and UMG.

Speaking of radio, it is no surprise that Clear Channel supports Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) Telecommunications Ownership Diversity Act of 2003, which would give them additional tax breaks for selling low grossing stations in small markets, and opposes Russ Feingold’s (D-WI) much more far-reaching (and substantive) Competition in the Radio and Concert Industries Act, “which would address the levels of concentration, curb some of the anti-competitive practices, and end the alleged new payola system.”


:: Dave Walker 09:17 (EST/EDT) [+]

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I used to be an agnostic, but now I'm not so sure.