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JULY 26, 2008 I www.billboard.biz I 5 www.americanradiohistory.com BiIIhoMrd PUBLISHER HOWARD APPELBAUM GROUP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR I EDITORIALS COMMENTARY i LETTERS TAMARA CONNIFF OPINION EXECUTIVE EDITOR BILL WERDE EDITORIAL SENIOR EDITORS: Jonathan Cohen 646- 654 -5582: Ann Donahue 323 - 525 -2292, Louis Kau 646- 654 -4708 SPECIAL FEATURES EDITOR: Thom Duffy 646- 654 -4716 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU CHIEF: Mark Sutherland 011 -44- 207 -420 -6155 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR LATIN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT: Lelia Cobo (Miami) 305- 361 -5279 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR TOURING AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Ray Waddell (Nashville) 615- 321 -4245 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR DIGITAL /MOBILE: Antony Bruno (Denver) 303 -771 -1342 SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS: Ed Christman (Retail) 646- 654 -4723: Paul Heine (Radio) 646- 654 -4669: Kamau High (Branding) 646- 654 -5297, V. Indies? Gall Mitchell (R &B) 323 -525 -2289: Chuck Taylor (Pop) 646 -654 -4729: The 011 -44 -207- 420 Last.fm Tom Ferguson (Deputy Global Editor) -6069 The treatment of indies in the digital music space became a hot topic again after Last.fm flipped the switch on its new Artist CORRESPONDENTS: Ayala Ben -Yehuda (Latin) 323 -525 -2293, Mike Boyle (Rock) 646 -654 -4727. Hillary Crosley (R &B /Hip -Hop) 646- 654 -4647. Cortney Harding (Indies) 646- 654 -5592. Royalty Program, offering to pay indie and unsigned artists who join the program a cut of ad revenue gained from their Mitchell Peters 323 -525 -2322. Ken Tucker (Radio) 615- 321 -4286 INTERNATIONAL: Christie Ellezer (Australia). Steve McClure (Asia), streams. While on the surface a good deal, rights aggregators like Merlin and the Independent Online Distribution Alliance Wolfgang Spahr (Germany), Robert Thompson (Canada) BILLBOARD.BIZ NEWS EDITOR: Chris M. Walsh 646- 654 -4904 are encouraging members to decline and let them negotiate in force on their behalf for a better deal. Below, IODA and GLOBAL NEWS EDITOR: Lars Brendle 011 -44- 207 -420 -6068 BILLBOARD.COM EDITOR: Jessica Letkemann 646- 654 -5536 Last.fm sidestep the elephant in the room -what are fair rates -but deliver their respective viewpoints. ONLINE EDITORS: Marie) Concepcion (Billboardcom) 646- 654-4780. Katie Hasty (Billboardcom) 646- 654-4650 COPY CHIEF: Chris Woods COPY EDITOR: Christa Titus SENIOR COPY EDITOR, SPECIAL FEATURES: Wayne Robins 646 -654 -4713 Worth The Wait Cash For All ASSOCIATE EDITOR, SPECIAL FEATURES: Evie Nagy 646 -654 -4709 CONTRIBUTORS: Jim Bessman, Larry Blumenfeld, Fred Bronson, Ramiro Burr, Chuck Eddy, Juliana BY KEVIN ARNOLD BY MARTIN STIKSEL Koranteng, Kern l Mason, Deborah Evans Price, Paul Sexton, Steve Traiman, Anastasia Tsioulcas SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER: Kristin Tunal indies? market share is growing. The The idea for Last.fm grew out of an independent online label Felix What's the problem, Our DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY barriers to brick- and -mortar retailers that allowed the majors to Miller and I ran at the beginning of the decade.