I certainly enjoy the refreshng commentary from Eric Rhodes from Radio Ink - Eric's reputation as a man who sees through the fog of whiney (conglomerate) radio carries a lot of weight with the locally owned broadcasters.
Glancing around the Internet, I run across an article in MediaBase/AllAccess: "WSJ: Radio Asks Lenders for Help" Then, right below that article, I see this article: "Nielsen: Ad Spending Down 15.4% So Far In '09"
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"A filing with the SEC shows that he'll receive a guaranteed $30 million, along with another $15 million for "personal goodwill, merchandising rights, rights to use Mr.
The deal covers online streaming of music, which the sites will pay 12 to 14 percent of it in royalties. All stations will be required to pay an annual minimum fee of $25,000, which they can apply to their royalty payments.
Check out the hilariously cool new single from Chris Hanners called, "It's My Lie (Let Me Live It)" The song characterizes a man who pushes his line of reality to the extreme, fabricating many tales about Tiger Woods, Dallas Cowboys and the many Mercedes Benz' he owns.
Everyone in the record and radio business is in shock right now. If R&R cannot make it in this economy, what will happen to terrestrial radio? Prayers to all of those in radio!
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) noted, "Radio does not equal music. Music is part of the radio industry, but we have talk stations, we have sports stations, we have many many stations that contribute to that $16 billion industry."
Watch out, people...Here comes the dark horse from last season's 'Can You Duet' and they are latest buzz in country.
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