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BMI and ASCAP Enter into Agreements with Commercial Radio Industry – Music Royalty Rates Going Up Retroactive to 2022

By David Oxenford|2025-08-22T11:29:28-05:00August 22nd, 2025|Legal News|

This week it was announced that the Radio Music License Committee, the organization that represents the commercial radio industry in its negotiations with performing rights organizations over the public performance rights in musical works (the musical compositions – the words and music to any song), had entered into settlement agreements with both ASCAP and BMI... Continue Reading…

GMR and RMLC Announce that Radio Royalty Settlement is Effective – Gives Commercial Radio Stations One Last Chance to Join Licensing Agreement by March 31

By David Oxenford|2022-02-07T11:10:13-06:00February 7th, 2022|Legal News|

In a press release issued today, the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and performing rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR) announced that enough commercial radio stations signed the GMR licensing agreement to allow the settlement of the RMLC/GMR litigation to become effective. As we wrote when the settlement was announced early last month, enough radio... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 1, 2022 to January 7, 2022

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2022-01-09T10:32:16-06:00January 9th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC this week announced that it will vote on two items of interest to broadcasters at its next Open... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters – December 11, 2021 to December 17, 2021

By David Oxenford|2021-12-18T23:00:29-06:00December 18th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Music licensing organization Global Music Rights (GMR) has agreed to a three-month extension of its current interim licensing agreement. GMR... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters – February 27, 2021 to March 5, 2021

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2021-03-07T10:50:12-06:00March 7th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Global Music Rights (GMR) has offered commercial radio stations an extension of their interim license for the public performance of... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters – February 27, 2021 to March 5, 2021

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2021-03-07T10:50:12-06:00March 7th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Global Music Rights (GMR) has offered commercial radio stations an extension of their interim license for the public performance of... Continue Reading…

GMR Offers to Extend Its Interim License With Commercial Radio Stations – But It Wants a 20% Increase in Royalty Payments

By David Oxenford|2021-03-02T17:33:00-06:00March 2nd, 2021|Legal News|

Global Music Rights, one of the newest performing rights organization licensing the public performance of musical compositions, has agreed to extend its interim license with commercial radio broadcasters. That license is set to expire at the end of March (see our article here). This interim license has been offered and extended for the last several... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 22, 2020 to August 28, 2020

By David Oxenford|2020-08-30T22:57:01-05:00August 30th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how they may affect your operations. The FCC this week released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing changes to the fees it charges broadcasters for... Continue Reading…

Another Interim License Extension Offered by GMR to Radio Broadcasters – This Time for a Full Year – An Indication of the Status of the Litigation With RMLC?

By David Oxenford|2020-03-05T10:45:27-06:00March 5th, 2020|Legal News|

The Radio Music License Committee yesterday told members that Global Music Rights (“GMR”), the performing rights organization that began a few years ago to collect royalties for the public performance of songs written by a select number of popular songwriters (including Bruce Springsteen, members of the Eagles, Pharrell Williams and others who have withdrawn from ASCAP... Continue Reading…