Irving Azoff’s GMR Faces a Serious Legal Setback Against US Radio Stations

Expect the bitter fight between Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights and the Radio Music Licensing Committee to continue dragging on. Several years ago, influential manager Irving Azoff had an idea.  Why not start a performance rights organization (PRO) …

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Irving Azoff: ‘Who do YouTube and Lyor Cohen think they’re bullsh*tting?’

Bad blood runs deep as YouTube and music business accuse each other of lack of transparency

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Irving Azoff’s GMR sued US radio ‘cartel’, alleging unfair payment of songwriters

Legendary manager takes the good fight to terrestrial broadcasters

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Why Does Radio Suck? A New Lawsuit Explains Why

AM/FM radio plays the same songs over and over again.  There are tons of ads.  The deejays don’t talk like normal people.  But why does radio have to suck so bad? Thankfully, there are now plenty of alternatives.  But back in the day, people were basically stuck with either (a) their CD collections or (b) […]

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Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights sued by US commercial radio body

MBW understands renowned lawyer Daniel Petrocelli now representing GMR

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