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What are the holidays without holiday savings on items that your station really needs?  Public Interactive is offering a special discount on our SoundExchange Bundle – Public Interactive Composer Pro and Streaming Services!

This combination takes much of the pain out of your SoundExchange reporting process. Clients who use both Composer Pro and our Live Streaming don’t need to submit anything additional for SoundExchange reporting, saving you time.

The bundle includes Composer Pro and Streaming.  Buy both and save with our special discount, for a limited time.  Already have one?  Why not add the other?

Resolve to make SX reporting easier in 2010!  And with our SoundExchange Bundle, you’ll save, too.

Contact Joe Orlando, Marketing and Sales Manager, at jorlando@publicinteractive.com or 888-729-8809 and ask about the SoundExchange Bundle.

Public Interactive’s own Debra May Hughes and Phil Johnson were interviewed in the latest issue of Current about the SoundExchange webcasting royalty deal between public broadcasting and the recording industry, and what it means to local pubcasters.

Haven’t read it yet?  Here’s your chance.

Angst in studios over webcasting pact
Pubcasters got lower royalties, but they’re stressed over reporting rules .

Suffering from online music reporting stress? Attend our PRPD roundtable discussion on music rights and SoundExchange (SX) reporting. Phil Johnson (aka: Dr. Phil) reports on how we’re doing, reporting requirements, what you need to know about the upcoming Q3 deadline and an exclusive first look at reporting tools coming to your station. Panelists will provide history and details behind the agreement and a primer on internet music rights and royalties. After a brief presentation we open the session to questions on the complicated and evolving world of music rights and responsibilities in new media. Alleviate reporting stress and ask questions about what is and is not allowed for streaming.

Moderator: Phil Johnson - SoundExchange Project Manager, Public Interactive
John Crigler - Owner, Garvey Schubert Barer, Washington
Debra May Hughes - VP/Exec. Director, Public Interactive
Jeff Luchsinger - Director of Radio System Investment, CPB

PRPD, Cleveland
Wednesday, September 16th, 4:00-5:30pm
Grand Ballroom A (3rd floor)

We’re getting ready for the PRDMC in a few weeks. We’re setting up meetings, trainings and demos for our services. If you are planning to be in San Diego this year, please let us know. We would love to meet for coffee or a drink. We’re focusing on:

• Pulse, a feature-rich integrated email marketing solution.
• Quick Pledge, an online pledge system that has enabled stations to raise $20 million from on-line giving in the last year.
• SoundExchange Reporting: We’re hosting a session: SX Education: Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About SoundExchange Reporting, but were Afraid to Ask
  Wednesday, July 8, from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
  Does your station stream online? Then you should attend this informative session brought to you by Public Interactive and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB recently announced its selection of NPR’s Public Interactive (PI) to collect and report public radio music streaming activities to SoundExchange, a performance rights organization which collects and distributes royalties to artists and copyright owners. PI will serve as the central music stream reporting vehicle for all public radio streamers, including CPB supported stations, NPR, NPR member stations, National Federation of Community Broadcasters members, American Public Media (APM), the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and Public Radio International (PRI).

As you may know, CPB has selected us to take on the central role in collecting and reporting public radio music streaming information to the SoundExchange.  To help you get started, we’ll send informative emails, host a series of webinars and speak at the major conferences, starting with the PRDMC. If you have reporting questions, please contact Phil Johnson, our SoundExchange manager, phil@publicinteractive.com, 617-423-4499 x138.

Stations that use both Public Interactive Composer and our live streaming services will not need to do anything beyond registering with the CPB and PI! Stations that do not use PI’s Composer or streaming services will just need to upload streaming usage or playlist log files to us.

If you’re interested in learning more about our Composer or live streaming services, please contact me or Joe Orlando at 617-423-4499 x123, moreinfo@publicinteractive.com

More Info
http://www.publicinteractive.com/sx-info.html

Press Release
http://cpb.org/pressroom/release.php?prn=740