"Small Internet radio hit by new royalty rates"

« Jonah Matranga - 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW, Maxwell's) | Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week »

"After a two-year proceeding, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set rates for commercial and noncommercial webcasts and Internet simulcasts, which some executives say will put them out of business.....Ruth Seymour, GM of NPR-member station KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif., estimates the station will be on the hook for $216,000 in payments this year under the new rates. 'We operate in the basement of a community college, so this is a big bite,' she says." [Yahoo]

posted at 10:34 AM on March 12, 2007 in industry | music | radio | Comments (4)

Comments (4)

horrible. it was bad in '03, it's going to be worse now.

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2007 12:24 PM

kcrw get free rent from santa monica college this is a commerical radio station masquerading as a non profit npr station this woman Ruth Seymour,takes money from drug companies, has hijacked this station kcrw for her and her friends person benifit get out the expense sheet you report to the IRS how muuch you and your flunkies get paid ruth

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2007 12:55 PM

>>>kcrw get free rent from santa monica college this is a commerical radio station masquerading as a non profit npr station this woman Ruth Seymour,takes money from drug companies, has hijacked this station kcrw for her and her friends person benifit get out the expense sheet you report to the IRS how muuch you and your flunkies get paid ruth

wow, sounds like someone is ready for a tinfoil hat! :)

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2007 5:09 PM

remember when record companies used to pay stations/dj's to play their music? Those were the days.

Posted by kiteless | March 13, 2007 9:24 AM