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Both The New York Times and The Verge have the details about the settlement about mechanical licensing rights, which refer to a copyright holder’s control over the ability to reproduce a musical work. Spotify will pay over $20 million to music publishers to settle. The money will pay for royalties already owed but unpaid, and a $5 million penalty. In return, publishers will not file copyright infringement claims against Spotify

Before we allow the newspaper industry to control how strong radio is, how about this report to help pour a little positivity on their radio is dead narrative. And this data comes from outside the radio industry.

Whether you're concerned over what happens to Class A Clear Channel AM's or you have general concerns about the FCC's plan to revitalize the AM band, comments must be filed by Monday. If you have not filed and you intend to do so, GO HERE. The proceeding number is “13-249”.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Miller who, according to his friend Art Wright, fell about 900 feet while skiing in New Hampshire on Sunday. Miller was helped by other skiers to a Ranger station and then medivac'ed to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital. Wright says Miller's injuries are severe and his recovery will be a long one. Miller and his wife Elisa have two children. She is also 34 weeks pregnant. Miller is Nielsen's VP of Audience Insights

iHeartMedia Los Angeles has named Anne Hudson VP of Sales for KRRL REAL 92.3. KRRL is iHeart's Hip Hop station in Los Angeles. Hudson moves to L.A. from iHeartMedia Chicago, where she was sales manager for WGCI, WVAZ, and Inspiration 1390. Prior to Chicago, she held management positions in Los Angeles and San Francisco at 106.1 KMEL and Wild 94.9.

Mohiuddin will be responsible for sales at 93.9 MYfm, BIG 95.5, V103, 103.5 KISS FM, 107.5 WGCI, Inspiration 1390AM. She replaces Anne Hudson who was just promoted to VP of Sales for iHeart's KRRL REAL 92.3 in Los Angeles. Most recently, Mohiuddin was an AE at WTMX-FM in Chicago. She began her sales career with iHeartMedia’s 93.9 MYfm in 2005.

The third annual iHeartRadio Music Awards will be hosted by Jason Derulo on Sunday, April 3, at the historic fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. The event will air live on TBS, TNT, and truTV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will be simulcast on iHeartMedia stations nationwide, as well as on the iHeartRadio digital music platform.

Joshua Flemming has been hired as the Director of New Business Development for Powell Broadcasting's cluster in Panama City, which includes WKNK, WPFM, WRBA, and WASJ. Flemming will be responsible for the creation and execution of NTR programs, revenue development expansion on air, onsite, and digitally with Powell's in-house iCast Interactive division.

Longtime radio programming and operations executive Kris Abrams is the new Director/Partner Integration at Futuri Media. Reporting to Sr. VP/Operations Todd Thomas, Kris will work directly with client stations on implementing Futuri’s platforms at local stations domestically and internationally.

The way the CBS announcement — to explore ways to get out of the radio business — is being reported, you would think CBS CEO Les Moonves came up with the idea the night before the CBS shareholder meeting. Everyone with a pulse inside the industry was aware this was a possibility.