 RAIN 01/16: Indie 103.1 cuts broadcast, now online-only ·Jan 16, 12:36 PM Southern California-based Indie 103.1 began life as an online-only radio station yesterday after cutting its on-air broadcast. OXENFORD ANALYZES SOUNDEXCHANGE DEAL WITH CPBSoundExchange and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting reached a deal on streaming performance royalties yesterday (RAIN coverage here), and industry attorney David Oxenford was not far behind with analysis. He wonders (here) why the deal only covers the current royalty period of 2006-2010, and not the future period of 2011-2015 as the Webcaster Settlement Act allows. He notes that the proceedings to decide the future royalty rates begin on February 4 (RAIN coverage here), so “if the full deal does not cover that period, NPR will be right back in a proceeding to determine royalties almost immediately.” Oxenford also points out that this deal appears to be based on music “consumption.” Though sources are unclear, as the actual agreement has not yet been made public, this could mean that the royalties would increase for the public broadcasters covered by this agreement if they experienced a significant jump in audience size before the end of 2010. BLOGGER LOOKS FOR DEM. CONGRESS TO FIX INTERNET RADIO ROYALTIESThe Obama administration and Congress reportedly have “ambitious plans” for Internet and performance rights reform. Jason Mick of DailyTech writes (here), “In the case of web radio, the Democratic congress may seek to reform copyright laws so as to encourage lower rates for small internet radio stations, who can’t afford big licensing fees like offline radio stations.“Michael Petricone, senior vice president for government affairs of the Consumer Electronics Association, says that the music industry, in its greed, is missing out on this possible abundant source of income. If it were to compromise and agree to lower rates, a boom of webcasters would arise and be allowed to grow, leading to a lot of revenue. He states, ‘They will be the future of the industry if they’re allowed to thrive. Let’s not cook the golden goose.’” Counsel to Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Aaron Cooper told the DailyTech, “that among the top items that his boss will seek to legislation during Barack Obama’s term are performance rights and Net neutrality legislation.” Leahy was co-sponsor of the Performance Rights Act (S.2500), which would impose a performance royalty on terrestrial radio. $6 BILLION FOR BROADBAND EXPANSION IN LATEST STIMULUS BILLPart of the $550 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 will go towards broadband expansion. $6 billion will be used to develop high-speed Internet access, mainly for “businesses in rural and other underserved areas can link up to the global economy.” For more, read Ars Technia’s coverage here.MEDIA AUDIT: MINNEAPOLIS TOP MARKET FOR RADIO WEBSITESMinneapolis-St. Paul is the top market for radio website visitor traffic, according to The Media Audit’s National Report. 20.4% of adults in Minneapolis-St. Paul visit a radio’s website in a normal month, a figure that’s 43% higher than the national average. For more, read The Media Audit’s newsletter here.share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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The station is still streaming online, but will soon rebrand itself as Indie Online. Indie 103.1, which started broadcasting in 2003, was “known for playing the edgy music that ‘corporate’ stations wouldn’t touch,” writes the U.S. News and World Report’s Matthew Bandyk (
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