Madonna Partnered with Clear Channel to Promote Her Latest Single

[blue neen]

So, what does the "Material Girl" think about Rush Limbaugh calling women who used birth control "sluts" and prostitutes?"

She should be outraged, as should some other stars that Clear Channel has promoted:

"Indeed, in what has become another notch under Madonna‘s commercial belt, her latest single ‘Give Me All Your Luvin‘ has commanded a 14 million audience on US radio, a day after being released to its stations. To be exact, the single reached a total of 14.262 million listeners yesterday following the release of its video, which features Rap star Nicki Minaj and Brit sensation MIA. This places the cut alongside a select number of songs which have fared this well in this space of time. Two name two, 2006 saw Beyonce‘s ‘Deja Vu‘ make major waves with an audience of 10 million in a single day, followed by Mariah Carey‘s 2008 cut ‘Touch My Body‘ with 7 million."

"While this is no doubt a commendable feat for the icon, it is worth noting that her label recently inked a deal with the Clear Channel conglomerate, which guarantees the song will be played non stop on the stations they own."

"This, despite the transparency of the deal, has forced some to question how well ‘Luvin’ would have done had it not been put in place. Clear Channel, which owns 850 stations nationwide, estimated the promotional campaign would reach more than 150 million people around the world."

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"This first-of-its-kind multimedia premiere with Madonna demonstrates the unequalled scope and strength of the entire Clear Channel platform — a range and depth that enables us to work with the most talented and creative artists in the world to develop truly groundbreaking promotional opportunities," said Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel, in a statement."

"Mr Pittman has combined US and international outdoor businesses under one executive; hired a former cable executive to expand into television, events and digital entertainment; and taken a stake in a TV production company run by Ryan Seacrest, host of American Idol. Clear Channel has pushed its digital billboards as a timely means of promoting live events and TV and radio schedules. On Friday, the group aired her new single repeatedly on its radio stations and music websites from the US to Australia and played her new video on digital billboards from Times Square to Piccadilly Circus."

Read more at ONTD: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66315255.html#ixzz1o1RodlTb

[msongs]

1. does this mean Obama supports Rush because Armed Forces radio plays rush and Obama is CIC? nt

[blue neen]

4. It means whatever you want, I suppose.

In my case, it means that Madonna should use her considerable influence with Clear Channel and the rest of the world to denounce Rush Limbaugh.

BTW, President Obama has previously spoken out about Rush. He also called Sandra Fluke and voiced his support for her.

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2. This sounds like payola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola

[Bennyboy]

3. Almost exactly like Payola...

Pay to play.

[blue neen]

5. Yep...

"Over the past several years, Clear Channel, the nation's largest owner of AM/FM radio, has been implicated several times in scandals involving payola, the practice of demanding money in return for airtime for a record company's most desired artists."

"Payola is illegal, and has been for decades, but Clear Channel and others like it have always somehow found ways around that. These payments can be as large as thousands of dollars for just one week of airtime. The end result: only bands with backing from a major label could get played, and bands that couldn't afford it were left in the cold. A few years ago the practice had returned with such vengeance that several commentators and music fans began to complain of mainstream radio's moribund playlists. "Commercial radio long ago ceased to be a good source for discovering new music," according to Stereophile's Barry Willis in a 2003 article. "College radio stations, cable TV's DMX service, and the internet are much richer resources." Apparently, Clear Channel began to feel the heat, and tried to change its tune quick."

"This past May, the Federal Communications Commission closed a long investigation into the matter. Clear Channel and three other communications behemoths paid $12.5 million in fines (mere pocket change to them), and admitted no wrong doing. Perhaps the biggest victory to come out of it was an agreement that Clear Channel would require its stations to devote 4,200 hours to independent and local artists."

"As per the agreement, forms were posted online for independent artists to apply for airplay. Finally, it looked like some headway would be made in making the radio more vibrant and diverse. But last month, the other shoe dropped. On the application for DC 101 FM, it was revealed that the artists were required to sign away their digital performance rights should Clear Channel decide to use the song over the internet. What that means was laid out succinctly in a statement from the Future of Music Coalition: "In other words, Clear Channel is asking the artists to sign away his or her right to get paid a royalty when it digitally broadcasts the artist's work." Similar language has been found on other station's applications."

http://rebelfrequencies.blogspot.com/2007/08/clear-channel-payola-and-how-theyre.html