WASHINGTON (AP) — Which top-selling artist purportedly had his new single yanked from some radio station playlists in retaliation for supporting royalties for musicians?
No one involved will name the recording artist, but his no-play treatment by several radio stations is alleged in a complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission. It claims recording artists are being threatened and intimidated.
In the filing, the musicFIRST Coalition says the top-selling artist — there are hints it could be U2 frontman Bono — recently released a new album and spoke during April in support of an effort to require radio stations to pay musicians royalties similar to those paid to songwriters.
Soon after, it said, "several stations within a major radio broadcast group notified the artist's label that they would no longer play his single on the air."
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Most broadcast stations play crap anyway. If they can't afford to pay the people who made the music maybe they deserve to fail.
I'm all for anything that puts a crimp in that wanabe monopoly Clear Channel's profits.