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  • Radio Stations Propose Paying to Play Music (the dreaded radio tax, another bailout)

    08/23/2010 2:17:42 PM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 26 replies
    NY Times ^ | August 23, 2010 | JOSEPH PLAMBECK
    ...a framework of a deal in which stations would pay a total of about $100 million a year in performance fees. ...The association’s outline suggests that the largest stations pay a performance fee of 1 percent of net revenue, and smaller stations a lower rate or none at all. While labels and musicians have long sought performance fees, broadcasters have argued that the stations provide important promotion for artists, and that a fee might put small stations out of business. ...it would still need Congressional approval. ...Last year, after the both the House and Senate judiciary committees approved bills that...