Pandora Fights Back Against ‘Internet Radio Discrimination’
Right now, Pandora looks like the king of internet radio. But founder Tim Westergren isn’t happy with his company’s status, and he’s getting political about it.
Pandora recently started running video and audio ads encouraging fans to contact their local congressmen/women and convince them to support the “Internet Radio Fairness Act”, a piece of legislation introduced last week by a bipartisan duo of representatives and Oregon’s Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.
What’s this all about? Well, record label royalties run the radio industry, and web-based companies often pay higher royalty rates than their cable and satellite counterparts like Sirius XM, etc.
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