Waarom krijgen musici _en_ luisteraars geen fair deal?

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Mij is niet geheel duidelijk wat voor bedrijf "radioactive" is? Dat
"radioactive" diensten levert waardoor clearchannel
op een bepaalde manier uit de wind blijft of goedkoper aan dingen komt lijkt
me voor de hand liggen, alleen de zon gaat voor niets op, maar geef me een
aanwijzing

mvg, l c de wit


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cees Binkhorst" <cees at binkhorst.xs4all.nl>
To: "D66 mailinglist" <D66 at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Waarom krijgen musici _en_ luisteraars geen fair deal?


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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/opinion/20THU4.html
Pop music played a crucial role in the national debate over the Vietnam War.
By the late 1960's, radio stations across the country were
crackling with blatantly political songs that became mainstream hits. After
the National Guard killed four antiwar demonstrators at Kent
State University in Ohio in the spring of 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young recorded a song, simply titled "Ohio," about the horror of
the event, criticizing President Richard Nixon by name. The song was rushed
onto the air while sentiment was still high, and became
both an antiwar anthem and a huge moneymaker.

A comparable song about George W. Bush's rush to war in Iraq would have no
chance at all today. There are plenty of angry people,
many with prime music-buying demographics. But independent radio stations
that once would have played edgy, political music have
been gobbled up by corporations that control hundreds of stations and have
no wish to rock the boat. Corporate ownership has
changed what gets played - and who plays it.
[knip]
Recording artists were seen as hysterics when they complained during the
1990's that radio was killing popular music by playing too
little of it. But musicians have turned out to be the canaries in the coal
mine - the first group to be affected by a 1996 federal law that
allowed corporations to gobble up hundreds of stations, limiting expression
over airwaves that are merely licensed to broadcasters but
owned by the American public.
[knip]
The perils of consolidation can be seen clearly in the music world.
Different stations play formats labeled "adult contemporary," "active
rock," "contemporary hit radio" and so on. But studies show that the formats
are often different in name only - and that as many as 50
percent of the songs played in one format can be found in other formats as
well. The point of these sterile play lists is to continually
repeat songs that challenge nothing and no one, blending in large blocks of
commercials.
[knip]
Mr. Henley's Senate testimony recalled the Congressional payola hearings of
1959-60, which showed the public how disc jockeys were
accepting bribes to spin records on the air. Now, Mr. Henley said, record
companies must pay large sums to "independent promoters,"
who intercede with radio conglomerates to get songs on the air. Those fees,
Mr. Henley said in a recent telephone interview, sometimes
reach $400,000.
[knip]

Musici kunnen wel _gratis_ worden beluisterd op o.a. deze website van een
van de vier grootste radio/tv-stations in de VS (en ver
daarbuiten) en dat betekent dus ook dat ze daar niet voor worden betaald!
http://www.clearchannelnewmusicnetwork.com/

Mark Mays, de president en COO van ClearChannel, zegt hierover:
http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1327
We have over 2000 bands and artists registered and we have only promoted the
project in some 20 markets. This project along with our
new music radio shows, the work CC Entertainment does to bring new artists
into clubs and venues demonstrates Clear Channel is
CLEARLY doing its part to grow the music business and bring new music to
consumers.

Meer informatie over dit bedrijf op
http://www.clearchannelsucks.org/
Waar ook o.a. bericht wordt over deals van b.v. USD 400.000:
Clear Channel has recently given exclusive access to their urban market
stations to three independent promoters, who have in turn
raised promotional rates to record companies more than 50%. This is a stark
difference from what Clear Channel President Mark Mays'
position has been recently, siding largely with the record labels on the
problems with the independent promotion system. Reportedly,
Randy Michaels, former CEO of the Clear Channel Radio division, was ousted
because of bad relations with the music industry.
De LATimes schrijft daar o.a. dit over (voor restant bericht moet worden
betaald):
[John Hogan] also said Tuesday that he would discontinue the radio
division's use of Radioactive, a private company owned by [Randy
Michaels]. Through Radioactive, Michaels billed Clear Channel when company
executives flew aboard his privately owned plane. Last
year, Clear Channel paid Radioactive about $447,100 for "consulting and
transportation"--an amount approaching Michaels' base
salary of $506,471.
Waarom zou CC dit soort kadootjes weggeven?


Groet,

Cees Binkhorst - cees at binkhorst.xs4all.nl

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