How can so many smart people do so many dumb things.
Take the music industry's move to get radio to pay a performance tax.
Dumb.
Free exposure on the nation's airwaves is what sells music.
The radio industry is up in arms about the possibility of paying such a tax, but they are doing nothing to prevent it from becoming inevitable.
Nothing is what radio has done since the late 1980's -- the Dark Ages of Radio then began.
Radio execs have a hard time seeing the progression of unfortunate events. Satellite and cable radio were forced to pay a fee to broadcast music. And on July 15th the Internet&hellip
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