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As Key Marketing Tool major U.S. tours this fall are Shaki- Allison Winkler, an agent for the ra, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Creative Artists Agency -whose BY BRIAN GARRITY generate traffic that can climb Maná, Carlos Vives, Juan Gabriel, (Continued on page 81) NEW YORK -Faced with fre- into the millions daily. quent leaks of new music on AOL Music GM Bill Wilson peer-to -peer networks, the major says, "In a time of radio consol- labels are stepping up their own idation where playlists are get- use of the Internet to preview ting tighter and in a time where House OKs Webast Royalty new releases in carefully orches- MTV is playing a lot less videos, trated campaigns that build a the music industry is looking buzz ahead of for additional out- Bill; Foes Take Case To Senate street date. lets that are going No longer only The music to be impactful." BY BILL HOLLAND higher than the songwriter royalty the place to gener- In addition to WASHINGTON, D.C.-After being rates already paid by both tradi- ate consumer inter- indus try is AOL, which claims passed unanimously by the House tional broadcasters and Webcasters. est in developing looki ng for 33 million regis- of Representatives Oct. 6, legislation If the bill becomes law, small -com- acts, the Internet tered users, other that offers significant discounts in pany Webcasters believe they stand has emerged as an addit ional online services ag- digital- performance royalty fees to a chance to survive. outlet to unveil gressively premier- small- company Webcasters with By law, Webcasters- unlike tra- 25Years Later, blockbuster fare outle ts. ing music are annual gross revenue of less than ditional broadcasters-must also that typically bowed Yahoo, Microsoft's $1 million is finding a rocky road in pay royalties to record companies Skynyrd Tragedy at radio or MTV -the new Pearl MSN, MTV Networks' Web pro- the U.S. Senate. and recording artists. 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