SYDNEY, Australia — Following years of intensive lobbying by the music industry, a victory in the fight on radio “caps”. In Australia, the so-called “cap” prevents the recording industry from negotiating a new, higher rate on those sound recording …

… diverting over $15 million” in radio royalties from non-feature music owners … data from SourceAudio (the plaintiffs’ radio royalties administrator). Running with said data …

A two-year copyright battle between collection body PPCA and Commercial Radio and Audio over royalty rates has been decided, with both sides claiming victory. The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia is arguing two points: the first being that the …

SoundExchange’s CEO, Michael Huppe, has been working towards getting artists paid on terrestrial AM/FM radio stations for the last decade, but he says the effort to get this royalty in the U.S. dates back “much longer,” he explains. “There’s a letter …

Gene Simmons arrived on Capitol Hill this week with a message he made impossible to ignore. According to PEOPLE, the 76-year-old KISS bassist took a seat before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday and launched into an urgent appeal for lawmakers to finally …

Swapping the stage for the second floor of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Gene Simmons traded his usual rock star trappings and signature black-and-white face makeup for a suit.  The hard-charging former KISS bassist testified in front of the Senate …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gene Simmons, from the popular band KISS, has expressed his support for a new piece of legislation that would require U.S. radio stations to pay artists when their songs are played on the airwaves. Simmons recently testified before the …

A diverse bloc of conservative organizations is pressing congressional leaders to back a sweeping change to U.S. copyright law, just hours before rock icon Gene Simmons is slated to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. According to FOX Business, …

Rick Dees, whose unparalleled achievements elevated local radio to global heights and reshaped pop culture to be honored as 2025 Giant of Broadcasting LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, November 13, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Library of …