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After a review of U.S. copyright law, the House Judiciary Committee has introduced the Music Modernization Act. The Act will combine previously introduced legislation and reform music licensing laws. The goal is to reward creativity and encourage innovation in the digital age. This new legislation should have very little impact on radio. Here are its key provisions...

Once upon a time there was a music metadata company known for providing song names and album titles to a wide variety of streaming audio and on-demand listening platforms, including iTunes. The keeper of this giant database is Gracenote, a company recently acquired by Nielsen.

“Disruption” is a topic that dominated a second NAB Show session in Las Vegas featuring radio sales leaders, and depending on who you talk to, the changes being seen on the street may differ from battles being waged in the C-Suite.

There was one big surprise reveal at Monday night’s debut NAB Achievement in Broadcasting awards dinner at the Encore, Las Vegas. NAB President/CEO and former Oregon Senator Gordon Smith announced that this year's award for distinguished service to the radio industry will go to John David.

Las Vegas may have its King of Rock and Roll, but radio now has its own Hall of Fame Elvis to brag about. At Monday night’s Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner, iHeartMedia syndicated morning personality Elvis Duran became the latest inductee into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Bloom is the new Operations Manager and will have oversight of 830 WCCO (WCCO-AM), BUZ’N @ 102.9 (KMNB-FM) and 104.1 JACK FM (KZJK-FM). Bloom served as Operations Manager for CBS Radio Philadelphia from 2007 to 2016.

The host of Sunday Night Slow Jams and Director of Programming for San Diego’s XHTZ and XHRM, has just set foot in his 100th country: Iraq. R Dub! is currently on a mission to see all 193 countries of the world and is launching a new travel podcast.

cabana, the digital division of AdLarge Media, has signed the Nerdy Show Network to exclusive podcast ad sales.

Vipology will offer radio stations free customized Benztown-produced pre-roll and :30 promotional spots, including an on-air promo for stations designed to activate smart-speaker invocations of their station by listeners.

Longtime radio research executive Laura Ivey has joined Edison Research. Ivey, who has had a variety of roles at Arbitron and Nielsen dating back to 1996, most recently was Account Director for the Southeast region for Nielsen’s radio ratings.