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New week, same Emmis shareholders meeting

New week, same Emmis shareholders meetingOther than it being really weird for the same shareholders meeting to convene for the 9th time this evening (9/8 ...
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Nathan Rott is first recipient of The Stone & Holt Weeks Fellowship

NPR and The Washington Post announced the first recipient of The Stone & Holt Weeks Fellowship is Nathan Rott, of Missoula, MT. The 2009 graduate ...
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Gary Schonfeld out at Westwood One

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Westwood One announced Tuesday (9/7) that Gary Schonfeld, President of the Network Radio Division, is leaving the company to return to his own firm, ADLARGE ...
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GAO: NAB right on PRA cost, but can’t compute value of airplay

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The Government Accountability Office was able to make a good guesstimate of the cost of a performance royalty as called for in the Performance Rights Act...
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Howard Stern talking retirement

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With the Sirius XM contract that’s paid him over $600 million over the past five years due to expire the end of this year, Howard Stern was musing on the air again last week about what he might be...
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Emmis shareholders vote bumped to Wednesday

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Emmis Communications and JS Acquisition, the company via which founder and CEO Jeff Smulyan is trying to take the company private, now say it is “unlikely” that a deal will be reached,...
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Jay Blackburn dead at 65

Successful radio programmer J. Douglas “Jay” Blackburn died Friday (9/3) in his sleep. He was 65. According to the obituary from the Porter Loring Mortuary North in ...
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Eminem case throws internet royalty universe into disarray

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Are sites where consumers pay to download music stores, or are they 3rd party agents licensing the use of the music they sell? According to the 9th Circuit, they are third party licensers, and the upshot may be a huge payday for artist Eminem...
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Why Gary Schonfeld may have left Westwood One

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As we reported, Gary Schonfeld, President of Westwood One’s Network Radio Division, is leaving the company to return to his company, ADLARGE Media. Rod Sherwood, President of Westwood One, will oversee Network Radio, including all operations...
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GGB Las Vegas turns two FMs over for Beasley to run

It is not shocking that Beasley Broadcast Group will assume management duties for The Oasis 105.7 FM KOAS and 107.9 FM KVGS – the pair ...
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Gerry House to end radio show effective December 15th

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“We’re gonna bring this to an end December 15th,” Gerry House said Friday morning (9/3) as he announced plans to end his long run on ...
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Breaking: Emmis meeting adjourned to September 8th

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Emmis Communications will try a 9th time to have shareholders vote on measures to clear the way for a going private buyout by CEO Jeff ...
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Wisconsin DJ arrested for videotaping school girls

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Police arrested Bruce Edward Moores and charged him with disorderly conduct. According to a report by WEAU-TV, police said the radio DJ was videotaping high ...
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Philadelphia journalist prays for PRA to enable FM mobile chip

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A writer for the Philadelphia Daily News looked at all three sides of the deal currently under consideration that would create a performance royalty for ...
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TV could be the next prey for PRA

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Will Hoyt of the Television Music License Committee has some interesting ideas on the negotiations taking place over a possible legislative deal making a radio performance royalty a reality, along with...
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FCC doubles the punishment for North Miami FL pirate

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A woman operating on 90.1 MHz without a license from a residence in North Miami FL was caught by FCC agents. Not only that, it was found that she had a prior offense on her record, and further found that she continued to operate after being...
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MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals return to blowtorch KMOX-AM

The iconic Major League Baseball franchise St. Louis Cardinals and 50 kW 1120 blaster KMOX-AM were synonymous with one another for over fifty years, beginning ...
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Emmis shareholders awaiting word…again

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The oft-delayed shareholders meeting is set to reconvene at 6:30 pm ET today (Thursday, September 2) and the repeatedly-extended tenders for the common and preferred ...
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Radio not a big part of BP’s advertising spending spree

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Dwight Douglas of Media Monitors speculates that maybe the cost points of radio advertising are priced too reasonably – but for whatever reason, the amount of money British Petroleum has spent with radio since its catastrophic oil spill amounts to about 3%...
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