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CENTURY CITY, CA - MAY 09: RIAA Chairman and President Cary Sherman singer Jason Derulo and NARM president Jim Donio attend the 2013 Music Biz Awards presented by NARM and Musicbiz. org at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on May 9, 2013 in Century City, California.
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Alan O’Day earned the RIAA Gold Record award for his No. 1 hit ‘Undercover Angel.’ He is the only artist from the ’50s, ’60s, or ’70s with a certified million-seller who had no other Top 60 hits on any of the national charts.
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Newsday's coverage
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Streaming now counts toward gold records
Head Up," Emeli Sande for "Next to Me" and Anna Kendrick 's "Cups" from the "Pitch Perfect" soundtrack."Including music streaming in gold and platinum awards... reflects the wide spectrum of ways consumers enjoy music," says RIAA chairman Cary Sherman. Read more »
Around the web
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RIAA: The Copyright Reform We Need Is To Make Everyone Else Copyright Cops
to play pretend. Already, we see stories practically every day about how the copyright holders themselves -- including the RIAA -- send bogus DMCA takedowns all the time. And those are the guys who are supposed to know what's infringing. And yet they magically 10:39 AM from Techdirt Read more »
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Ke$ha Drinks Her Own Urine On TV, Gets Slammed By Conservative Watchdog Group
DC - JANUARY 21: Ke$ha attends the RIAA Presidential Inaugural Charity Benefit at the 9:30 Club on January 21, 2013 in Washington, United States. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 9: Ke$ha arrives at the iHeartRadio CES exclusive party from The Huffington Post Read more »
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RIAA Sacks Half its Staff and CEO Gains a Raise! Ohh and Plummeting Revenues
years overall revenue has reduced from to $34.8 to $24.8 million. Although I’m sure the staff who have been laid off wont be happy to hear that the CEO is now getting over $1.5 million per year! Does this mean that the RIAA is slowly becoming irrelevant? from RouteNote blog Read more »
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RIAA losing money, firing employees, giving execs raises
RIAA has submitted its latest Form 990 tax filing to the IRS, which details the organization's precipitous shelving off in budget and employees (though the execs gave themselves fat raises): The drop in income can be solely attributed to lower membership dues from Boing Boing Read more »
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RIAA pulls 20 million links off Google, but “system isn’t working”
themselves. Nevertheless, pirated content keeps appearing in Google searches, often on the same websites. Brad Buckles, an RIAA VP, writes in today's post: Every day produces more results and there is no end in sight. Importantly, the targets of our notices from Ars Technica Read more »
