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Musicians Push Congress To Stop Corporate Radio From Dodging Royalties Musicians Push Congress To Stop Corporate Radio From Dodging Royalties
Musicians Push Congress To Stop Corporate Radio From Dodging Royalties Hundreds of music legends and rising stars are calling on Congress to make major radio companies equitably pay artists when their songs are played on air. Popular 90s R&B group Boyz II Men met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to advocate for the American Music Fairness Act, a bill aiming to require corporate radio stations to compensate performers while protecting small, local broadcasters. The meeting happened on Thursday, Feb. 13 to coincide with World Radio Day. The Philadelphia-based singers of the hit song "End of the Road" spoke with three leaders in the House of Represent…

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by Chris Spiker
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COVID-19 Claims Life Of Former Jersey Shore Playhouse, Broadway Star Nick Cordero, 41 COVID-19 Claims Life Of Former Jersey Shore Playhouse, Broadway Star Nick Cordero, 41
Covid-19 Claims Life Of Former Jersey Shore Playhouse, Broadway Star Nick Cordero, 41 Broadway star Nick Cordero, who got his acting start along the Jersey Shore, died from complications of COVID-19. months after his right leg had to be amputated. He was 41. “God has another angel in heaven now,” his wife, Amanda Kloots, wrote on Instagram. “My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.” Kloots posted on Instagram about her husband’s condition throughout his treatment. The native of Ontario, Canada, moved to New York in 2008 and was cast in the rock musical “The Toxic Avenger” at …

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by Jon Craig