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Patrick Barrett
Thursday March 25, 2004
The Guardian
Record companies representing some of the biggest rock and dance artists including The White Stripes and Ozzy Osbourne are threatening to boycott MTV in a row over fees for independent record labels.
MTV risks losing the loyalty of fans across Europe if it refuses to pay a fair amount to screen music videos, according to the record labels.
The labels said yesterday they were prepared to prevent MTV from screening videos of their artists indefinitely if the broadcaster refused to return to the negotiating table.
The deal between the companies and MTV runs out on March 31. Unless the dispute over royalties is resolved before then, music by artists such as The Strokes, Mis-Teeq and Ozzy Osbourne will disappear from MTV channels from next week.
Record label bosses accused MTV of abusing its position and claimed their star musicians wanted them to fight on.
Martin Mills, chairman of Beggars Group, the firm which represents The White Stripes, said he would not be signing the new deal offered by MTV. "They find themselves in the historic position of being the first broadcaster which can broadcast some but not all of the world's great musical output," he said.
Catherine Bell, Chrysalis Music Group's general manager of business affairs, said: "MTV would not exist without music and yet it doesn't recognise the very people that create it."
Patrick Barrett
Thursday March 25, 2004
The Guardian
Record companies representing some of the biggest rock and dance artists including The White Stripes and Ozzy Osbourne are threatening to boycott MTV in a row over fees for independent record labels.
MTV risks losing the loyalty of fans across Europe if it refuses to pay a fair amount to screen music videos, according to the record labels.
The labels said yesterday they were prepared to prevent MTV from screening videos of their artists indefinitely if the broadcaster refused to return to the negotiating table.
The deal between the companies and MTV runs out on March 31. Unless the dispute over royalties is resolved before then, music by artists such as The Strokes, Mis-Teeq and Ozzy Osbourne will disappear from MTV channels from next week.
Record label bosses accused MTV of abusing its position and claimed their star musicians wanted them to fight on.
Martin Mills, chairman of Beggars Group, the firm which represents The White Stripes, said he would not be signing the new deal offered by MTV. "They find themselves in the historic position of being the first broadcaster which can broadcast some but not all of the world's great musical output," he said.
Catherine Bell, Chrysalis Music Group's general manager of business affairs, said: "MTV would not exist without music and yet it doesn't recognise the very people that create it."
