Industry Ink Tuesday (4/12)

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Stacey Lee


iV Group has hired Stacey Lee as Creative Facilitator to work with new agency partners and manage client projects. Previously, Lee was a music supervisor and a music production supervisor for film and television in Los Angeles, working on major network series including The West Wing and Friday Night Lights. Lee also worked as Senior Account Executive for DMI Music & Media Solutions, where she created custom audio branding solutions for clients ranging from Target to General Mills. Under the direction of CEO Steve Keller, iV Group provides strategic audio branding for a wide range of global agencies and brands. Lee can be reached at [email protected] or 615-320-1444.
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CMT’s first scripted series Working Class has been canceled according to a note on the show’s official Facebook page. The first season finale was April 1. The show’s star Melissa Peterman will still host new episodes of The Singing Bee.
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The GMA Dove Awards are following suit of other major awards shows and offering fan voting for select categories this year. Fans can vote here for the Artist of the Year and New Artist of the Year categories before the end of today (4/12). Those who vote will be entered to win a trip to the Dove Awards in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday, April 20. The awards show will be televised on GMC on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 7 p.m. ET.
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The Songwriter Agency has signed Richie McDonald and Bryan White for booking representation. McDonald scored numerous hits as the front man and principal songwriter for Lonestar. White hit the top of the country charts four times and received awards from the CMA, ACM and Grammys. The Songwriter Agency is headed by Paul Compton, Randy Harrell and Rod Parkin. For booking, contact Harrell at [email protected] or 904-437-8463.
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BMI has entered a partnership with Sony’s new multi-platform streaming digital music service “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity.” With the agreement, Music Unlimited can stream the more than 6.5 million musical compositions in the BMI repertoire.
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Publishing executives Dave Durocher and Steve Toland, have partnered with marketing executive Jason Collins to launch one-stop sync licensing outfit Splother. Splother’s content will be selected by music industry executives, offering a simple “click to pay” solution for licensing music for film, television, advertising, video games and more. Splother launches April 15, 2011 at splother.com.
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Professor and exec Paul Allen has written the 2nd edition of Artist Management for the Music Business (Focal Press). Allen’s book includes artist manager profiles, a template for an artist career plan, and samples of major contract sections for artist management and record deals.
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New Cuts of Bluegrass has launched out of Franklin, TN delivering the latest releases from the bluegrass world to radio stations, DJs and programmers nationwide on one disc. The service compiles new song releases from major and independent labels and ships the discs to over 450 traditional and internet radio stations as well as satellite broadcasters. Contact them at 615-294-6536
 or [email protected].

Weekly Chart Report (4/08/11)

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KVOO PD Luke Jensen and Billy Currington at the station’s remote at BOK Center in Tulsa


SPIN ZONE
Following a big night at the ACM Awards, Miranda Lambert’s “Heart Like Mine” eases into the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 spot. Rascal Flatts moves up to No. 2 with “I Won’t Let Go,” followed by Kenny Chesney’s “Live A Little” at No. 3, Ronnie Dunn’s “Bleed Red” at No. 4 and Keith Urban’s “Without You” at No. 5.
ACM Awards co-host Blake Shelton also gets the post Awards bump. He debuted his new single “Honey Bee” on the show, and country radio was ready. It’s easily the biggest debut of the week at No. 55, amassing nearly 500 spins with no prior reports. Also feeling the love is Blake’s co-host Reba, whose “When Love Gets A Hold Of You” moves to No. 57. Other show performers Martina McBride and Dierks Bentley fare well, with McBride’s “Teenage Daughters” moving to No. 27 and Bentley’s “Am I The Only One” jumping to No. 34.
After a short break, Gloriana is back on the chart with an uptempo tune called “Wanna Take You Home,” landing at No. 75. Also impacting this week are Jason Campbell’s “Albuquerque” at No. 76 and James Wesley’s “Didn’t I” at No. 79. Slightly below the No. 80 threshold is the trio of Randy Houser’s “In God’s Time,” Corey Smith’s “Twenty One” and Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem,” which are poised to make a splash in the next week or two.
Frozen playlists: KAIR, KCJC, KNCQ, KVOM, WBYZ, WEIO, WEZJ, WTCM, WWBE
LIFENOTES
Condolences to Jonesboro Radio Group Pres./GM/KDXY Mornings Trey Stafford on the loss of his mother Glada Stafford. Reach out to Trey at [email protected].




Upcoming Singles
April 11
James Wesley/Didn’t I/Broken Bow
Corey Smith/Twenty One/Average Joe’s
Reba/When Love Gets A Hold Of You/Valory
Travis Powell/The Man Song/MD Records
April 18
Jake Owen/Barefoot Blue Jean Night/RCA
Kelly Parkes/Girl With A Fishing Rod/Lofton Creek
Jaron & The Long Road To Love/It’s A Good Thing/Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Nine North
Margaret Durante/Maybe Tonight/Stroudavarious
Jason Aldean/Dirt Road Anthem/Broken Bow
Sugarland/Love Done Gone/Mercury
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New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label — chart pos.
Blake Shelton/Honey Bee/Warner Bros./WMN — 55
Gloriana/Wanna Take You Home/Emblem/WMN — 75
Jason Campbell/Albuquerque/Big 7 — 76
James Wesley/Didn’t I/Broken Bow — 79
Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label — spin+
Blake Shelton/Honey Bee/Warner Bros./WMN — 497
Dierks Bentley/Am I The Only One/Capitol — 394
Luke Bryan/Country Girl/Capitol — 367
Brad Paisley/Old Alabama/Arista — 363
Martina McBride/Teenage Daughters/Republic Nashville — 358
On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label — spins
Daisy Mallory/Don’t Grow Up Too Fast/Front Water — 192
Ashley Gearing/Five More Minutes/Curb — 181
Austin Hicks/I Still Pledge Allegiance/Lick — 154
Randy Houser/In God’s Time/Show Dog-Universal — 153
Corey Smith/Twenty One/Average Joe’s — 139
Jason Aldean/Dirt Road Anthem/Broken Bow — 137
Most Added
Artist/song/label — New Adds
Blake Shelton/Honey Bee/Warner Bros./WMN — 41
Dierks Bentley/Am I The Only One/Capitol — 22
Reba/When Love Gets A Hold Of You/Starstruck/Valory — 18
James Wesley/Didn’t I/Broken Bow — 14
Luke Bryan/Country Girl/Capitol — 14
Jason Aldean/Dirt Road Anthem/Broken Bow — 12
Randy Houser/In God’s Time/Show Dog-Universal — 12
Trace Adkins/Just Fishin’/Show Dog-Universal — 11
Margaret Durante/Maybe Tonight/Emrose — 11

Reba was recently in Denver and had the chance to catch up with some of "The Front Range" Radio Folks. (L-R): KYGO’s Rider, KKWF/Seattle’s Nick Alan (formerly of KATC), Reba, KYGO’s Garrett Doll, KYGO’s Kelly Ford and KCCY’s Chris Brooks.


Ashton Shepherd dropped by the WKIS studios in Miami last week. (L-R): Hurley, Dina B, Operations Mgr. Ken Boesen, Shepherd, Market Mgr. Joe Bell, Morning host/MD Matt Walker, MCA’s Louie Newman, and Beasley Broadcast Group Pres./COO Bruce Beasley.


Show Dog–Universal Music’s JT Hodges stopped by WKHX/Atlanta last week for a lunch time visit and performance. (L-R): SDU VP Promotion Rick Moxley, WKHX PD Mark Richards, Hodges, WKHX MD Mike Macho, and SDU Regional Promotion/Mktg. Dir. Rick Hughes.

Radio Veteran Coyote McCloud Dies

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Coyote McCloud 1943-2011


Music City radio icon Coyote McCloud died Wednesday afternoon, April 6 at age 68.
A veteran of the Nashville airwaves for more than 30 years, McCloud’s slogan when he broadcast pop oldies was, “He played them when they were new.”
He served on-air stints at WMAK, WYHY, WZPZ and WRQQ. He was also the first off-camera voice of CMT. One of his best-known jobs was as the leader of “The Zoo Crew” on Y107. As such, he was profiled on the CBS-TV show 48 Hours in an episode about radio’s so-called “shock jocks.”
He was also notable as the host of “Coyote and Cathy in the Morning” on WMAK-FM and WRQQ. That show ended in 2006.
Coyote McCloud died of cirrhosis of the liver at home on his houseboat on Percy Priest Lake. Ex-wife Susan Thomas, a former Tennessean newspaper reporter, was by his side with his dog Sawyer Black. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

McCloud wrote the 1984 hit song "Where's The Beef?," a play on the Wendy's slogan

Weekly Chart Report (4/01/11)

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Mercury’s Billy Currington with Gregg Swedberg (L) and JD Greene (R) from K102/Minneapolis.


RADIO NEWS
KAIR/Atchison, KS PD/MD/Mornings Jason Drake has departed his post after 13 years with the station. Also departing are Drake’s Wake Up Crew co-hosts Brian Hagen (News Director/Afternoons) and Rachel Lehcar (Listener Liaison). A Facebook page to “Save Wake Up Crew” has already sprung up in support. Reach out to Drake at [email protected] (or 785-840-7701), Hagen at [email protected], and Lehcar at [email protected].
SPIN ZONE
Darius Rucker’s “This” gets to enjoy a second week in the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 spot, but it may not be for much longer. Miranda Lambert’s “Heart Like Mine” is pouring it on, adding 165 spins to move 4-2 and in excellent position to take the top spot next week. Possible threats to her ascent come courtesy of Rascal Flatts’ “I Won’t Let Go” at No. 4, and Ronnie Dunn’s “Bleed Red” which is already at No. 5 despite only being nine weeks old.
Reba joins the list of stars rolling out new singles for spring/summer airplay, as her latest “When Love Gets A Hold Of You” joins the chart at No. 74. Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” hits right behind at No. 76 with a big gain of 182 spins. Raking in the week’s biggest spin gain is Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl,” which scoops up 518 new spins and jumps nearly 20 spots to No. 35.
Also joining the chart are Tommy Steele’s “What Kind of Man Would I Be” at No. 75, Bridgette Tatum’s “Hillbilly Rock Star” at No. 79, and Edens Edge’s “Amen” at No. 80.
Frozen Lists: KAIR, KMKS, KWEY, KYYK, WBKR, WDXX, WMEV






Upcoming Singles
April 4
Martina McBride/Teenage Daughters/Republic Nashville
Keith Bryant/The Note/Jordash Records
Trace Adkins/Just Fishin’/Show Dog-Universal
David St. Romain/Twenty Years Late/Aria Records/Turnpike Music
Dierks Bentley/Am I The Only One/Capitol
April 11
James Wesley/Didn’t I/Broken Bow
Corey Smith/Twenty One/Average Joe’s
Reba/When Love Gets A Hold Of You/Valory
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New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label — chart pos.
Reba/When Love Gets A Hold Of You/Valory—Starstruck — 74
Tommy Steele/What Kind Of Man Would I Be/TCR — 75
Jake Owen/Barefoot Blue Jean Night/RCA — 76
Bridgette Tatum/Hillbilly Rock Star/Root 49/Quarterback — 79
Edens Edge/Amen/Big Machine — 80
Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label — spin+
Luke Bryan/Country Girl/Capitol — 518
Brad Paisley/Old Alabama/Arista — 486
Dierks Bentley/Am I The Only One/Capitol — 410
Martina McBride/Teenage Daughters/Republic Nashville — 369
Trace Adkins/Just Fishin’/Show Dog-Universal — 310
On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label — spins
Gloriana/Wanna Take You Home/Emblem/WMN — 206
Carrie Underwood/Songs Like This/Arista — 196
Jason Campbell/Albuquerque/Big 7 — 190
Ashley Gearing/Five More Minutes/Curb — 175
Austin Hicks/I Still Pledge Allegiance/Lick — 147
Most Added
Artist/song/label — New Adds
Luke Bryan/Country Girl/Capitol — 32
Dierks Bentley/Am I The Only One/Capitol — 30
Martina McBride/Teenage Daughters/Republic Nashville — 28
Trace Adkins/Just Fishin’/Show Dog-Universal — 21
Reba/When Love Gets A Hold Of You/Starstruck/Valory 20
Jake Owen/Barefoot Blue Jean Night/RCA — 13

Show Dog-Universal Music’s JT Hodges headed to the sunshine state and stopped by WIRK/West Palm Beach this week on his first radio tour. (L-R): SDU Regional Rick Hughes, WIRK’s Sammy Cruise, Hodges


Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Jennette McCurdy performed in Denver Monday (3/28) during her Generation Love for St. Jude multi-city mall tour. Fans can purchase a charity CD package for a $10 donation, with all proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (L-R): KYGO PD John Thomas, McCurdy, KYGO MD Garrett Doll, Capitol Records Nashville's Paige Elliot.


Gary Allan and Randy Montana played at the Hard Rock Café for WKLB Boston. (L-R): Montana, WKLB MD Ginny Rogers, and Allan.

New Music Discovered Via Radio, Word of Mouth

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Orpheus Media Research surveyed 500 consumers about how they discover new music:
87 percent of respondents said they actively search out new music
82 percent identified radio as the greatest single influence of their music listening
57 percent indicated that they most often relied on radio or word of mouth to learn about new music
Here are the findings on music recommendation tools including music streaming services, and search and discovery platforms:
77 percent have discovered new music with a recommendation tool, and 92 percent continue to listen to that new music, often recommending it to others
Yet, these respondents feel that the accuracy of available recommendation tools is lacking in accuracy. And 82 percent feel that the music industry is doing an average to poor job in their ability to identify good music.
More here.

McGraw And Sirius XM Team For Intimate Show

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Sirius XM has announced that Tim McGraw will perform a special, invitation only concert at New York City’s Beacon Theatre Wednesday, April 27 at 6:30 pm CT. The concert will celebrate 10 years of Sirius XM broadcasting country music.
McGraw’s Emotional Traffic Tour guests Luke Bryan and The Band Perry will also perform at the event.
In anticipation, Sirius XM is launching “Tim McGraw Radio,” a commercial-free channel devoted to McGraw’s catalog. The concert will be broadcast live on three Sirius XM channels: “Tim McGraw Radio,” The Highway and Prime Country.
“Tim McGraw Radio” will run April 20-27 and will be available through the Sirius XM app for iPad, iPhone and more. Subscribers will have the opportunity to win tickets through call in promotions or by visiting www.siriusxm.com/timmcgraw starting April 4.

Musical Chairs

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Jordan Zucker


>>>Jordan Zucker has joined the CO5 Nashville team as Director of Promotion and Marketing, Southeast. David Newmark, VP of Promotion and Business Development, made today’s announcement. With 30 years of experience, Zucker was most recently CEO of Infirst Promotion, an Atlanta company that facilitates radio, satellite, and syndicated airplay. He has held promotion and marketing positions with Sanctuary Records, RCA Records, and A&M Records, working with Zac Brown Band, ZZ Top, Dave Matthews, Sting, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Zucker can be reached at 678-475-0627 or [email protected].
>>>Jerry Bailey is retiring from his longtime post at BMI. The industry veteran currently works as Sr. Director, Media Relations & Business Communications. Bailey’s immediate plans include realizing his long-time dream to conquer the Appalachian trail.
>>>Laura McKinley has exited her role at Sony Music Nashville after nine years with the company. She most recently served as Associate Director of Artist Development and Marketing. McKinley can be reached at [email protected] or 615-364-1382.
>>>Emblem Music Group has promoted Haley Melikian to Day-to-Day Manager for Gloriana and Tyler Hilton. She previously held the position of New Media Marketing Specialist. Before coming to Emblem in 2009, she worked in the new media department of Warner Bros. in Burbank. Additionally, Abby Grover has been hired as an Administrative Assistant for the label co-founded by Matt Serletic and Dean Serletic.

Industry Ink Wednesday

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The CMC Rocks the Hunter 2011 Country Music festival in New South Wales, Australia served as the backdrop for two recent CMA International Award presentations. Event performer Joe Nichols; event co-producer and CMA Board member Rob Potts; and event host and CMA Board member Storme Warren of GAC's "Headline Country" presented the CMA Wesley Rose International Media Achievement Award to Cheryl Byrnes, Manager of Country Music Capital News, and the CMA International Country Broadcast Award to Larry Cann, of the Fairfax KIX Country Radio Network. Pictured (l-r) Warren, Nichols, Byrnes, and Potts.


>>>>The Country Network (TCN) continues to expand its broadcast reach with the addition of five new television station affiliates under an agreement with Kansas City, Missouri based Newport Television. These new markets—Salt Lake City, Fresno, Little Rock, Wichita, and Tulsa—will begin airing TCN next month. Including the association with Newport Television, TCN is available on 42 stations.
>>>>Aria Records Nashville artist David St. Romain has signed with entertainment publicity company Shock Ink for exclusive media relations representation. The Nashville Star alum released his latest album, All I Really Wanted To Say, this month. Its first single, “Twenty Years Late,” will impact radio April 4.
>>>>Debut Broadcasting Corp.‘s Syndication Division is prepping the launch of three new national radio programs: A Country Legend, Radio Racing Minute, and Boot Scooting 90’s.

Weekly Chart Report (3/18/11)

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The Roys visited with Bill Jones at The Country Network in preparation of their new album launch on March 22. Photo: Martha Moore


SPIN ZONE
Thompson Square is just plain hot. The Stoney Creek duo has now spent three weeks on top of the CountryBreakout Chart with “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not,” racking up some impressive sales figures in the meantime. They’re looking like early breakout stars for 2011. Darius Rucker’s “This” moves to the No. 2 spot, followed by Zac Brown Band’s “Colder Weather” at No. 3. Closing out the Top 5 are Miranda Lambert’s “Heart Like Mine” and Rascal Flatts’ “I Won’t Let Go,” both gaining over 200 spins to make significant moves.
A superstar’s work is never done, apparently. To wit, a big section of the format’s platinum artists are currently unrolling hot new singles with big results. Brad Paisley’s “Old Alabama” (No. 50), Martina McBride’s “Teenage Daughters” (No. 69), Trace Adkins’ “Just Fishin’” (No. 72) and Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl” (No. 79) all debuted this week with zero prior reports. Also debuting is new Columbia artist Bradley Gaskin’s “Mr. Bartender” (No. 75), Leah Seawright’s “On The Backroads” (No. 76), and Frankie Ballard’s “A Buncha Girls” (No. 77).
Colt Ford’s “Country Thang” has climbed to No. 58 after only three weeks. His previous single “Chicken & Biscuits” peaked at No. 48 after a longer trek up the chart, so it appears he’s gaining some acceptance among programmers. Ford’s Average Joe’s labelmate Corey Smith just released his single “Twenty One” earlier in the week, and already some stations have hopped on board. Look for that one to make its official debut very soon.
Frozen Playlists: KMKS, KNCQ, KSED, KYEZ, WBYZ, WKTT





Upcoming Singles
March 21
the JaneDear girls/Shotgun Girl/Warner Bros./WMN
Ashley Gearing/Five More Minutes/Curb
Greg Hanna/Makin’ Love Real
March 28
Eden’s Edge/Amen/Big Machine
Gloriana/Wanna Take You Home/Emblem/Warner Music Nashville
Brad Paisley feat. Alabama/Old Alabama/Arista
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New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label — chart pos.
Brad Paisley/Old Alabama/Arista — 50
Martina McBride/Teenage Daughters/Republic Nashville — 69
Trace Adkins/Just Fishin’/Show Dog-Universal — 72
Bradley Gaskin/Mr. Bartender/Columbia — 75
Leah Seawright/On The Backroads/Skytone — 76
Frankie Ballard/A Buncha Girls/Warner Bros./WMN — 77
Luke Bryan/Country Girl/Capitol — 79
Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label — spin+
Brad Paisley/Old Alabama/Arista — 629
Taylor Swift/Mean/Big Machine — 559
Justin Moore/If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away/Valory — 384
Toby Keith/Somewhere Else/Show Dog-Universal — 378
Chris Young/Tomorrow/RCA — 334
On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label — spins
Johnny Rivers/New Home/Soul City — 221
Uncle Kracker/Good To Be Me/Top Dog/Atlantic — 220
Derek O’Bannon/Thinkin’ Bout The Wedding Night/615 Records — 207
Due West/When The Smoke Clears/Black River — 195
Coleman Brothers/Back On the Farm/PVI — 192
Most Added
Artist/song/label — New Adds
Brad Paisley/Old Alabama/Arista — 46
Taylor Swift/Mean/Big Machine — 36
Martina McBride/Teenage Daughters/Republic Nashville — 25
Trace Adkins/Just Fishin/Show Dog-Universal — 25
Luke Bryan/Country Girl/Capitol — 21
Bradley Gaskin/Mr. Bartender/Columbia — 17
Chris Young/Tomorrow/RCA — 15

Stealing Angels recently visited WIVK and sang the National Anthem at a University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball game in Knoxville. (L-R): Tayla Lynn, Jennifer Wayne, WIVK PD Mike Hammond, and Caroline Cutbirth.


Gary Allan played the Houston rodeo last weekend and caught up with the KKBQ staff. (L-R): MCA’s EJ Bernas, KKBQ OM Johnny Chiang, Allan, and KKBQ MD Christi Brooks.


Warner Bros. group Gloriana recently visited WWYZ/Hartford. (L-R): Cheyenne Kimball, WWYZ’s Bosh, Rachel Reinert, WWYZ MD Cory Myers, Tom Gossin and Mike Gossin

White House Pushing For Radio Performance Royalty

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The Obama Administration is pushing for legislation to ensure artists are paid when their sound recordings are played over the radio. The recommendation came earlier this week as part of a white paper released by White House U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel. The 20-page memo was sent to Congress.
This ongoing debate about the performance royalty has been a hot-button issue in the music business in recent years. Radio stations and their trade group the National Association of Broadcasters have been fighting the royalty, arguing that playing the artist’s music is free advertisement for the act, which in turn drives sales. Meanwhile, record labels and artists have been arguing to have the performance royalty instituted, arguing that without music to play, radio stations wouldn’t attract as many listeners.
Another key point in the new white paper, is a recommendation to make illegal streaming a felony offense.