Nashville’s Big Machine Label Group and its artists will be getting checks from Clear Channel tied to airplay on the radio giant’s stations, and in exchange, Big Machine will help Clear Channel ...

— On the day Clear Channel announced a groundbreaking performance royalty deal with Big Machine Label Group, Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy was reiterating a message about its own performance royalties.

Clear Channel told the FCC that it has reached a royalty-payment accord for independent labels and musicians seeking air time as part of an agreement that allowed the radio giant to settle payola ...