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Aug 17, 2023

Cover Songs Fill Our Airwaves — But the Performers Never Get a Dime from Big Radio

It’s time to give hardworking artists who make (and remake) the songs we love the respect and compensation they deserve.

Cover Songs Fill Our Airwaves — But the Performers Never Get a Dime from Big Radio

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Feb 3, 2023

5 Reasons 2023 Will Be the Year We Finish the Fight for Music Fairness

By Congressman Joe Crowley, Chairman of the musicFIRST Coalition

5 Reasons 2023 Will Be the Year We Finish the Fight for Music Fairness

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Dec 5, 2022

Time For Congress to Sing a New Tune on AM/FM Royalties

By Randy Travis

Time For Congress to Sing a New Tune on AM/FM Royalties

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Aug 30, 2022

Songs of the Summer: Thousands of Radio Plays, Zero Compensation for Artists

Every summer, one songs rises to the top of the charts. And every summer, the performers who made the song get stiffed by Big Radio.

Songs of the Summer: Thousands of Radio Plays, Zero Compensation for Artists

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Jul 12, 2022

Dear Broadcasters: Music Fairness Is About Struggling Artists, Not Me

Big Radio is desperately trying to hide its own greed and mistreatment of music creators.

Dear Broadcasters: Music Fairness Is About Struggling Artists, Not Me

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Jun 9, 2022

Principles for Achieving Music Fairness

Congressman Joe Crowley lays out the core principles guiding musicFIRST’s fight for artists and music creators.

Principles for Achieving Music Fairness

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Jun 7, 2018

What You Need to Know about U.S. Senator Wyden’s ACCESS Bill

Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) music bill was crafted by and for academics and “public interest” groups who are committed to weakening…

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Feb 12, 2017

In the age of Spotify, radio stations should no longer get away with playing music for free

Op Ed by musicFirst Executive Director Chris Israel in Quartz

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Nov 16, 2016

New Study Reveals Radio Is Getting A Free Ride

For years, AM/FM radio has been playing music on the air without paying any royalty to performers. The National Association of Broadcasters…

New Study Reveals Radio Is Getting A Free Ride

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Jul 18, 2016

Poor, little NAB — but really, rich and big NAB

Last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Wheeler announced the FCC would maintain most of the media ownership rules that…

Poor, little NAB — but really, rich and big NAB

musicFIRST Coalition

musicFIRST Coalition

A coalition of the music community that supports paying music creators when their work is played on radio platforms.

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