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Media Minutes: August 26, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:56:41 -0400

St. Louis — the largest urban area in Missouri — is getting less news reported by fewer journalists, thanks to covert media consolidation. And the music industry will be shaken by a policy put in place in the 1970’s that could put copyrighted songs back into the hands of the artists who actually created them.

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Comcast Looking to Offer A La Carte Streaming Music to ISP and Cable Customers

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:50:43 -0500

Full article: TechCrunch.com
Michael Arrington
Comcast is in discussions with partners to offer a music streaming service to its customers as an a la carte offering. For an additional monthly charge of $5 or more, users will be able to stream on demand music online via a website and on their TV via their cable box.

EMI Stops Selling CDs to Indie Record Stores

Stevie Converse — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:58:30 -0400

Full article: Tech Dirt
Mike Masnick
Music publishing company EMI has been calling various smaller independent record stores and telling them that it won't sell them product directly any more. Instead, they'll have to source it from third parties -- meaning that it will be more expensive.

Future of Music Coalition Releases Study on Independent Music Airplay on Radio

Stevie Converse — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:38:39 -0400

Full article: Future of Music Coalition
Artist education, research and advocacy organization Future of Music Coalition release a new report that analyzes radio playlists to determine whether the policy interventions resulting from 2003-2007 payola investigations have had any effect on the amount of independent music played on terrestrial radio.

Media Minutes: March 20, 2009

Candace Clement — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:57:33 -0400

Blogger Glen Greenwald and Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman are sharing the first annual Izzy Award for Independent Media. And the Local Community Radio Act will be invaluable to local musicians across the country.

Media Minutes (2009-03-20)

Candace Clement — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:52:45 -0400

Public Performance Right Hearing on the Hill

Stevie Converse — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:14:29 -0400

Full article: Future of Music Coalition
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings, which featured testimony from those on all sides of the issue. The Performance Right would pay performing artists and sound copyright owners for the use of their music on terrestrial radio.

Dear Steve Jobs: Set the Music Free

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:53:06 -0500

Full article: CNet
Greg Sandoval
The iTunes music library is looking a little shabby these days. Look around, Steve: iTunes is the last great refuge of DRM-laden downloads. Is this the image you want for Apple?

Google Offers Free Music Downloads in China

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:09:26 -0400

Full article: The Guardian
Oliver Luft
Google has launched a music search engine in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs. The new service would be supported by advertising revenue that would be split between the music industry and Chinese music download website Top100.cn.

EU to Introduce New Music Rights System Despite Lobby

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:28:46 -0400

Full article: The Guardian
David Gow
The European commission will defy a high-profile lobbying campaign by composers and songwriters and order a new pan-European system of selling online music rights.