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Salon.com
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Record companies: Save us from ourselves! With payola up but profits down, labels are wondering if paying $100 million to middlemen "fixers" is still a swell business idea...   |
Salon.com
August 7, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
The empire strikes back As the music industry's "pay-for-play" scandal deepens, the big five record labels try to crush the expanding power of the dreaded indie promoters. |
Salon.com
June 5, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The "Bootylicious" gambit Can a hot new single from Destiny's Child help Columbia Records crack the indie promoters' control of pop radio? |
Salon.com
March 14, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Pay for play Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse... |
Salon.com
April 3, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Fighting pay-for-play Sources in the music industry call for a federal clampdown on the new payola... |
Salon.com
August 6, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
More waves in the radio business Is corporate behemoth Clear Channel behind the latest shakeup? |
Salon.com
July 24, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Payola City In the wild world of urban radio, money buys hits -- and nobody asks questions... |
Salon.com
August 8, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Suit: Clear Channel is an illegal monopoly A tiny Denver promoter is taking the most powerful force in the music industry to court... |
Salon.com
April 30, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Radio's big bully Dirty tricks and crappy programming: Welcome to the world of Clear Channel, the biggest station owner in America... |
Salon.com
June 25, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Is Clear Channel selling hit singles? Insiders suggest that the broadcasting giant gave an obscure singer major airplay to promote its pricey new market-research program. |
Salon.com
March 26, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Web radio's last stand A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations... |
Salon.com
August 7, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Radio's titan hits the skids After replacing a high-profile exec, Clear Channel, the 800-pound gorilla of the entertainment industry, suddenly faces a lot of banana peels. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Brendan I. Koerner |
Why Things Suck: Radio The FM band between 92.1 and 107.9, where commercial stations reign, is mostly a desert of robo-DJs and pop pabulum. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Glenn Derene |
Is the Music Industry Trying to Kill Modern Internet Radio? Why the creator of Pandora might have to shut down and whether Apple or Microsoft will have to bail out the Web's favorite personalized music service, even as they unveil their own. |
Salon.com
August 8, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Rock 'n' radio rumble A dust-up involving Clear Channel and a Blink-182 concert in Cincinnati doesn't seem to be an isolated event... |
Wired
March 2005
Charles C. Mann |
The Resurrection of Indie Radio FM never sounded so freaking good. How the coming digital boom - and Big Radio's bottom line - is driving the new golden age of multichannel, microniche broadcasting. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month. |
Salon.com
November 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is Clear Channel playing a "shell game"? Critics of the radio-industry giant charge that it is skirting federal ownership rules with puppet competitors... |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Mark Schapiro |
The day the music died The merger of America's largest concert promoter with its largest radio station owner will mean Pringles, payola and more Top 40 from coast to coast. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Tough company Clear Channel is as big as NBC or Gannett. Chances are it owns a half-dozen radio stations in your town. And it's fighting employee suits alleging everything from broken contracts to sexual harassment. |
Salon.com
November 19, 2002
F. Timothy Martin |
Jesse Helms: Web radio's hero Small Internet radio broadcasters on the brink of financial disaster have won some breathing room, thanks to the senator from North Carolina. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Anne Marie Borrego |
Upstarts: MP3 Tunes on the Web. The way we listen to music is about to change. Again. But as usual, where there's change, there's start-up opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool's Look Back Musical cacophonies and visual epiphanies came in handy this past week: You spin me right round, baby, right round like a record, baby... Learning to Reed can open a few investing doors for you... |
Salon.com
March 27, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Washington tunes in Critics accuse Clear Channel of shady radio deals and nasty concert business. Now the government is starting to pay attention... |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Putting Pandora Back in the Box Who wins when you kill the innovators? |
AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Start A Record Label More than ever, smaller record labels are wielding serious clout in the music industry. Here are some tips to success in this industry. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Is Internet Radio Dying? The days of independent radio on the Net could be numbered, say some experts. A recently established royalty fee payable to record companies may price many small content providers out of the market, leaving some with no choice but to shut down. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Spitzer Pumps Up the Volume New York's attorney general aims at the shady practice of payola in the music industry. |
InternetNews
July 8, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Internet Radio Saved by Royalty Resolution Pandora will start charging fees for some, but both sides claim the deal is a winner. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005
Jon Fine |
Late to the Download Dance Hear the song, buy the song -- downloaded through the station's Web site. Too bad radio didn't do this sooner. More than 100 U.S. stations are expected sell music this way by fall. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
One big happy channel? The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next? |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
Todd Spencer |
Radio killed the radio star Consolidation has resulted in 10,000 layoffs, the demise of a beloved trade magazine, and a decline in programming quality. But industry execs are fat and happy. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Apple Music Secures Support Of Major Indie Labels Copping to the validity of Taylor Swift's recent criticism, Apple agreed this week to pay artists and labels royalties during the free trial for Apple Music. |
AskMen.com
Greg Yates |
How To: Become A Recording Artist - Part II Advise on getting a record deal and becoming a professional recording artist. Learn about marketing, distribution, legal representation, management, and most importantly, record labels. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sirius XM and Pandora Better Watch Out Radio giant Clear Channel announces that the iHeartRadio customized stations that it rolled out two months ago will continue to be commercial-free through the end of March. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The RIAA's Win Is Yet Another Loss Another courtroom "victory" makes the music suits even more like Kobe Bryant. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2011
Brad Stone |
Michael Robertson Bucks the Music Industry Again The San Diego entrepreneur's latest: DAR.fm, a digital audio recorder that downloads songs from radio. |
Fast Company
April 2006
Alyssa Danigelis |
Fast Talk: Sounds of the Future Digital music is a many-splendored thing - and it's more than just the iPod. Everyone from major labels to individual artists is experimenting. What's next - and why is Madonna sure to be a part of it? |
Reason
June 2007
Jesse Walker |
Killing Internet Radio The U.S. Copyright Office recently announced a potential death sentence for thousands of Internet radio stations. Thanks to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, webcasters must pay a special performance fee each time they play a recording. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Peter Burrows |
Tuning Up for the Online Music Business Making a buck selling songs online will be tough, but a raft of sites are at the ready. |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve. |
Wired
December 18, 2007
David Byrne |
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars What is called the music business today has became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But there have never been more opportunities for artists to reach an audience. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 30, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse says it is time for the industry to rethink products and prices for digital music.. |
Popular Mechanics
September 22, 2009
Seth Porges |
In Defense of FM Radio on MP3 Players Yes, Apple has pushed me back into FM radio. |
InternetNews
December 24, 2003
Roy Mark |
DOJ Ends Antitrust Probe of Online Music Justice concludes marketplace has resolved early questions of possible anti-competitive behavior of major music labels. |
Salon.com
December 13, 2001
Mark L. Shahinian |
Why college radio fears the DMCA If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is fully enforced, stations will be unable to afford to webcast their tunes... |
Salon.com
December 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Music industry in the pits! Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting... |
Fast Company
November 2013
Josh Dean |
Sean Parker's Unfinished Business Sean Parker tells us why he invests in Spotify. |
