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Adam SchiffSen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is demanding information from the FCC on the events that led to the agency’s approval of Skydance’s merger with Paramount Global, coming just weeks after a $16 million settlement was announced of Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS. “The sequence of actions and statements leading up to and following the FCC’s merger […]See the Story
Adam Schiff Seeks FCC Answers On Potential Political Influence In Skydance-Paramount Merger Approval
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United States · United StatesBMI and the Radio Music License Committee have reached a settlement to resolve three years of litigation over the licensing rates that will be paid by nearly 9000 radio stations to songwriters and publishers – a deal that BMI is calling “a historic rate increase.”
According to court filings, the new deal will see rates paid by radio stations jump from 1.78 percent of revenue under the old agreement to 2.14 percent, then slowly increase to 2.20…See the Story
BMI Settles With Radio Stations to Resolve License Litigation: ‘Historic Rate Increase’
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