mramsey1Apr 10, 2017Media Unplugged: Amazon Lands NFL Streaming Rights…So What?Amazon lands NFL streaming rights…So what? And… Should Twitter be charging? Plus, rants and raves about Netflix’s new ratings system, the...
mramsey1Nov 4, 2015Radio Play-By-Play without Play-By-Play Rights FeesSo let’s say you’re a radio station that attracts a male audience, but when play-by-play airs on another station, BOOM – off go listeners...
mramsey1Oct 31, 2012MusicFIRST, but MusiciansLAST?MusicFIRST really needs to have their heads examined. They’re in a tizzy because, allegedly, Pandora executives have done what executives...
mramsey1Oct 11, 2012Pandora, Lefsetz, and Common SenseEvery now and then I read something which is so totally off the wall it demands a thoughtful response. So it is with Bob Lefsetz’s recent...
mramsey1Oct 3, 2012What Happened to Music FIRST?And so the critically important fight over music rights fees wears on. Pandora lobbies in favor of the Internet Radio Fairness Act now...