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Radio promotion is an example of a [[Power Structure]]. Radio station owners are given incentive to choose the playlists, rather than allow DJs to pick music solely on merit, because this gives the station greater ability to negotiate with record labels for paybacks. (See, for example: [http://indyweek.com/durham/2005-08-10/cover.html Smash Hits]; as recently as August, 2005, Clear Channel radio station "The River" was mentioning such perks in their campaign to attract new advertising representatives.)
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Radio promotion is an example of a [[Power Structure]]. Radio station owners are given incentive to choose the playlists, rather than allow DJs to pick music solely on merit, because this gives the station greater ability to negotiate with record labels for paybacks. (See, for example: [http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24915 Smash Hits]; as recently as August, 2005, Clear Channel radio station "The River" was mentioning such perks in their campaign to attract new advertising representatives.)
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==Links==
 
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* [http://www.citizendium.org/contentbrokers.html The Role of Content Brokers in the Era of Free Content] by [http://www.larrysanger.org/ Larry Sanger]: a model for how artists can get paid while distributing their works for free
 
* [http://www.citizendium.org/contentbrokers.html The Role of Content Brokers in the Era of Free Content] by [http://www.larrysanger.org/ Larry Sanger]: a model for how artists can get paid while distributing their works for free

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Overview

The music industry is currently undergoing some major upheavals, but even before that it had Issues.

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Radio

Radio promotion is an example of a Power Structure. Radio station owners are given incentive to choose the playlists, rather than allow DJs to pick music solely on merit, because this gives the station greater ability to negotiate with record labels for paybacks. (See, for example: Smash Hits; as recently as August, 2005, Clear Channel radio station "The River" was mentioning such perks in their campaign to attract new advertising representatives.)

Links

Editorials

  • 2000-06-14 Courtney Love does the math: the classic article detailing how the music industry gets away with legalized indentured servitude while raking in profits (apparently a transcription of a speech Love gave in New York at the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference [W])

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