Representatives of broadcasters and music labels were to have met...
Representatives of broadcasters and music labels were to have met Tuesday afternoon with members of Congress to discuss performance royalties. The meeting was requested by the chairman and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees. NAB President…
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Gordon Smith failed to get the ethics waiver he'd sought to attend (CD Nov 9 p12), a spokesman for the group said. Executive Committee Chairman Steven Newberry and Radio Board Chairman Charles Warfield will represent NAB, he said. Representing labels were to be Recording Industry Association of America Chairman Mitch Bainwol, a RIAA spokesman said. Representing the MusicFirst coalition that’s pushed for performance royalties was to be Kim Roberts Hedgpeth of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Kendall Minter of the R&B Foundation, Tom Lee of the American Federation of Musicians and Rich Bengloff of the American Association of Independent Music, he said. Executive Director Jim Winston of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters also was to attend, he said. Francisco Montero said he would represent the Spanish Broadcasters Association, which requested last week to join the meeting along with the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. But the council wasn’t going to have someone there, said Executive Director David Honig. Opposing legislation for radio stations to pay the royalties, NAB isn’t “characterizing this meeting as a ‘negotiation’,” its spokesman said.