Mobile Phones Would Get FM Signals in Radio, Music Label Accord
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Mobile telephones sold in the U.S. would need to receive FM radio signals under a proposal pushed by broadcasters as part of a tentative agreement to end a dispute over music royalties.
Requiring phones to become radio receivers would be part of a deal to pay artists for airplay between the National Association of Broadcasters, representing radio companies led by CBS Corp. and Entercom Communications Corp., and the MusicFirst Coalition of artists and record labels. A trade group for makers of mobile phones opposes the plan.