Global New Music Prediscovery Radio Program Announces New Syndication Partners

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GLOBAL PRE-DISCOVERY NEW MUSIC PROGRAM "PASSPORT APPROVED"

Passport Approved (www.passportapproved.com), the pioneering global new music pre-discovery radio program has announced new syndication partners KROQ Los Angeles and WBOS Boston.

Additionally, Passport Approved also broadcasts on KNRK "94/7FM" Portland, OR; KNDD "The End" Seattle, WA; Flux-FM Berlin, Germany; 2XM Ireland; WLKK "Alternative Buffalo" New York; Radio Doble Neuve FM, Lima, Peru; PUK-FM Johannesburg, South Africa; KUKQ-FM & KWSS-FM Phoenix, AZ; KKDO Sacramento, CA; WCNR-FM Charlottesville, VA; KFRR "104.1FM" Fresno, CA; KRZQ-FM Reno, NV; East Radio Shanghai, China and many others.

The show has been the first point of "radio contact" for many great new artists to worldwide audiences before they were signed, or officially released in many countries including: Adele, KONGOS, Lorde, LMFAO, Gotye, Bastille, Frank Turner, The Temper Trap, Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, White Lies, The Naked & Famous, Milky Chance, Caro Emerald, Ting Tings, Tove Lo, The Griswolds, Sheppard and hundreds of others.

For more information on Passport Approved or its syndication availability contact: Sat Bisla at sat@passportapproved.com or 323.782.0770.

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YouTube Re-Negotiating with Indies Following Outcry

By Andrew Flanagan, New York

YouTube has softened its posture in negotiations on a new streaming music service with indie label trade bodies following an uproar in the past weeks over several provisions in the proposed contract, according to a report from the Financial Times.

A week-and-a-half ago, indie trade group IMPALA filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against YouTube over the disagreement, saying it was engaging in anticompetitive behavior. Now, according to a source contacted by the Financial Times, YouTube is "back-flipping and backtracking."

Indies were rankled most by what appeared to be an ultimatum by YouTube, with the company telling labels that they would remove advertisements on their music videos, the service's principal revenue generator, if they refused the contract's terms, cutting them off from a stream that generates hundreds of millions of dollars for labels each year.

In an interview with Billboard earlier in June, president of the American Association of Independent Music Rich Bengloff told us that “We are treated equitably and fairly by Rdio, Spotify, Rhapsody and about 20 other services, but obviously not YouTube."

Independent labels and trade bodies were also upset by terms that appear to favor major labels, especially a "most-favored nation" clause that would enable YouTube to lower its rate of pay to indies if major labels agreed to a lower rate as well. Additionally, the service has a lower overall rate of payment, 65.5%, a drop from the 70% typical to streaming services like

Spotify and Rdio.

source: Billboard

BACKLINE MAGAZINE Independent Music Spotlight: For your consideration: Rick Rocker

Artist: Rick Rocker

Published on Apr 9, 2014

 

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Artist: J Bone
Title: "Black Girls Anthem"
Published: 04-20-2014

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