| June 5, 2012 | News for broadcast and electronic media leaders |
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- Clear Channel breaks new ground with royalty pact with Big Machine
Clear Channel has struck a groundbreaking royalty deal with Big Machine Label Group that calls for artists to be paid when songs are played on broadcast and digital outlets. Under the deal, Clear Channel will make payments to the label, instead of using industry middleman SoundExchange; the label will share the royalties equally with the artists. Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman said he backed the arrangement because it looks at radio "holistically" by determining royalties based on a percentage of ad revenue connected to a song's airplay. "I can't build a business space based on paying money for every time I play a song, but I can build a business by saying I will give a percentage of revenue that I bring in. What we are really trying to do is come up with a predictable model," Pittman said. Billboard.biz
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- National Radio Award will go to Dan Mason of CBS
The Radio Show's 2012 National Radio Award will honor Dan Mason, president/CEO of CBS Radio. Mason, who is also a member of the NAB Radio Board and chair of the steering committee for the Radio Show, will receive the award during the Sept. 19-21 Radio Show in Dallas. "Throughout Dan Mason's career in radio, his commitment to innovation and growth, coupled with his programming expertise, has shaped radio as a whole," said John David, the NAB's executive vice president-radio. Radio Ink
(6/4), AllAccess.com
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- Xbox expands TV programming with 35 new partners
Microsoft's Xbox Live in the next year will add content from the NBA, the NHL, Nickelodeon, The Weather Channel and more than 30 other providers. The Xbox platform also will extend its current pact with ESPN to offer live programming from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPNU. Coming this fall for Xbox is a tool to use Internet Explorer for voice-activated online searches and to use mobile devices to surf the Web. Broadcasting & Cable
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- CBS Sports gets big ratings boost from Tiger Woods
CBS Sports, with some help from Tiger Woods, scored a major ratings win with the Memorial Tournament, which garnered its best overnight numbers in eight years. Woods claimed a fifth win, setting a Memorial record, and tied Jack Nicklaus with 73 PGA Tour victories. Ratings for the event jumped 138% in metered markets, compared to 2011. Broadcasting & Cable
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- Idler to become president-GM of Windy City's WLS-TV
John Idler, general manager of the ABC owned-and-operated WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., will become president and general manager of ABC O&O WLS-TV in Chicago. Idler, who has shifted between various sales and management positions at the two outlets over the past 10 years, will take over the top role at WLS from Emily Barr, who has been named president of Post-Newsweek Stations. TVNewsCheck (free registration)
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- Shapiro is elevated to head of Sony's Pro unit
Alec Shapiro, senior vice president of Sony's Professional Solutions of America group, has been promoted to president of PSA. Shapiro will continue to oversee Sony's line of professional broadcast equipment in the U.S. while expanding his purview to include security, medical and digital cinema. TVNewsCheck (free registration)
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- Visit NAB Spot Center for Downloadable Radio and TV PSAs
Visit the NAB Spot Center website, which features broadcast-quality radio and television public service announcements (PSAs) for stations to download at their convenience and run on-air, immediately. Spot Center is designed to help broadcasters plan and implement locally-focused community service initiatives. Broadcasters can access public service guidebooks, easily download PSAs on a variety of important topics and search for new programming ideas free of cost. In addition to Spot Center, you can find highlights of the outstanding work television and radio stations do in their local communities on the main NAB Public Service website which includes links to the Licensed to Serve newsletter and an interactive map of broadcasters' work throughout the United States.
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- House panel hearing on audio's future may address ownership regs
The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on "The Future of Audio" also may address the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban, which Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski favors relaxing. Regulations limiting the number of TV and radio stations that can have the same owner in a particular market also may be on Wednesday's agenda. Among those scheduled to testify are Jeff Smulyan, chairman, president and CEO of Emmis Communications, and Steven W. Newberry, president and CEO of Commonwealth Broadcasting and an NAB board member. Multichannel News
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