Clear Channel Pickpockets

06/25/07
. (Idolator.com) So remember that payola settlement from a few months ago, the one that was supposed to give indie labels a leg up on the radio by mandating that a certain amount of programming had to be on those labels? Well, we thought that the intent of the program would be torpedoed by the shows airing during "public affairs" hours (also known as "7 a.m. Sunday"), but Clear Channel's version of the program, which is called Discover NEW! Artists and somehow includes the Universal-signed Sick Puppies among its ranks, is somehow worse, and not just because it includes that very crummy Australian band. The wrinkle is this: Bands and labels that agree to the deal agree to sign away their royalty rights in perpetuity[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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