Earlier this year, Pandora bought South Dakota FM-radio station KXMZ-FM in an effort to keep its royalty commitments down by qualifying for an ‘RMLC’ licence, which covers companies with traditional and digital radio services (Bulletin, 12-Jun-13)
Tag: ASCAP
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Pandora inks a just-in-time direct publishing deal with UMPG
Pandora doesn’t like signing direct licensing deals with music publishers at all, as shown by its moves to force publishers to continue licensing it through ASCAP.
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Pandora opens up new battle with ASCAP over licensing
Pandora and ASCAP are hardly the best of friends in 2013, thanks to the former’s desire to lower its royalty rates.
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ASCAP and NMPA go on the attack against Pandora
“Any shred of credibility that Pandora had is gone. They are at war with songwriters,” said NMPA boss David Israelite
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Universal Music Publishing pulling rights from ASCAP/BMI
Universal Music Publishing Group has announced that it is following Sony/ATV’s lead in pulling its digital performance rights from ASCAP and BMI, in order to strike direct deals with services like Pandora.
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Roqbot unveils its ’21st-Century Business Music App’
Roqbot: an app aimed at restaurants, bars, events, and other companies in the US helping them play music in their buildings without worrying about contracts, audio ads or extraneous hardware.
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Pandora sues ASCAP to get ‘reasonable’ royalty rates
It emerged yesterday that Pandora is suing the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
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Music Ally Report: Beyond the Infringe (Issue 291)
The Pirate Bay has made some eccentric announcements in 2012 so far, but more seriously, we consider the shifting sands in the online piracy world, as sites and services look to become even more anonymous, decentralised and uncensored
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Turntable.fm closing in on major-label deals
Once-buzzy music startup Turntable.fm is on the verge of signing licensing deals with several major labels, according to a report on CNET.
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US Supreme Court rejects ASCAP appeal on download performance royalties
Digital music downloads are not public performances, and that can’t be appealed. This is the ruling of the US Supreme Court, which has rejected an appeal from collecting society ASCAP against a ruling in September 2010 that no performance royalties were due from download sales.
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Turntable.fm in ‘super eager’ licensing talks with major labels
Social music site Turntable.fm announced its $7 million funding round earlier this week, so how to spend it? Ah, licensing negotiations. CEO Billy Chasen tells Bloomberg that the company is in discussions with all four major labels for licences that go beyond its US-only deals with ASCAP and BMI.
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Now BMI has a deal with Turntable.fm
What was that old chestnut about music licensing bodies being too slow to ink deals with interesting new startups? Hot on the heels of ASCAP’s deal with Turntable.fm in the US, now BMI has announced its own licensing agreement with the brand new social music service…