Music Lobbyists Resume War on Big Radio

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With Congress back in session after the Memorial Day break, the music lobbyists resumed their war against big radio in an effort to win legislative backing to force broadcasters to pay performance fees for music broadcast over the airwaves. On Tuesday (June 3) morning, the Recording Industry Association of America-backed musicFirst Coalition sent National Association of Broadcasters president and CEO David Rehr and NAB executive VP/radio John David each an iTunes copy of

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