May 31st, 2004
Clear Channel Rivals Cry Foul Over Live Concert CDs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Clear Channel Communications Inc. is under fire from smaller rivals worried that it will shut them out of the quickly growing business of offering live-concert CDs immediately after shows.
San Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel claims a key patent for the technology to offer such recordings, but competitors challenge whether that gives the company exclusive rights to create and sell instant recordings of live performances.
The competing claims comes as Clear Channel, which is the No. 1 U.S. radio station owner, faces a trial in August over allegations that it abused its radio market clout to benefit its concert business.
Madonna Stars in the Jewish Museum of Berlin
Fashion Wire Daily – May 27, 2004 – Berlin- She may be the Material Girl who once posed nude in a Florida highway; nonetheless the Jewish Museum of Berlin is dedicating an exhibition to Madonna.
