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New Post: UMG Mobilizes Its ‘Use Your Voice’ Voter Education Campaign - https://lnkd.in/g7qtmD7n - Universal Music Group is revving up its Use Your Voice voter education campaign to mobilize eligible voters ahead of election day on Nov. 5. This year’s efforts range from a digital content series outlining important issues, an outreach program targeting HBCU’s and a get-out-the-vote initiative aimed at driving voting registration — and then ensuring people can get to the polls. Use Your Voice, which launched its first campaign in 2020, is supported by three UMG entities: All Together Now Foundation, the Task Force for Meaningful Change and °1824, the company’s creative marketing division. For this election season, UYV will provide information and resources to help power the work of partners including the ACLU, BallotReady, HeadCount, the NAACP, National Coalition of Black Civic Participation, the National Council for Negro Women (NCNW), the Voto Latino Foundation, When We All Vote and Xceleader.  Susan Mazo, evp and chief impact officer of UMG, said that “since we started the program in 2020, it has helped tens of thousands of voters get to the polls and vote with confidence. This year, it will do so again through the work of our colleagues, our passionate artists, songwriters and labels, and our incredible voter resource partner organizations.” One such partner, HeadCount, will work alongside UMG for Use Your Voice and Vote About It, a short-form digital content series taking a much-need look at issues that voters may see on their local ballots. The initiative includes a voter hub with information, resources and digital tools, plus there’s a corresponding tote bag sold by Social Goods benefiting HeadCount. UMG is also supporting HeadCount’s Vote HBCU ‘Say It Louder’ Tour of 10 campuses with the goal of registering more than 10,000 students to vote. The program, built in partnership with Xceleader, and will collaborate with UMG to amplify messaging around National Voter Registration Day, coming up on Sept 17.  This year, HeadCount has also partnered with artists from UMG’s labels including AJR, Ariana Grande, Barenaked Ladies, Billie Eilish, Clairo, Chappell Roan, Chelsea Cutler, Em Beihold, Glass Animals, Gracie Abrams, Hootie & the Blowfish, Maggie Rogers, Mt. Joy, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, Rapsody and Remi Wolf, among others.  “As we head into this pivotal election, our partnership with Universal Music Group through the ‘Use Your Voice’ campaign is about more than just registering voters,” said HeadCount executive director Lucille Wenegieme. “Together, we’re making sure that every voice is not just heard, but impossible to ignore.  At HeadCount, we partner with organizations that see the value of a multi-pronged approach to civic engagement to ensure we are reaching as many

It's all about politics and voting.

To all of my UK connections on #generalElection day: I, personally, don't care who you vote for or what your politics are. But I do ask that you seriously consider using your democratically provided right to head to your local polling station, pick a box, write a clear, concise "X" within the bounds of the box, and have your vote counted. Every vote matters, every vote counts. Make your voice heard, and your choice known. For those who choose not to vote, know that any complaints from you, about the state of affairs, after the fact will be completely ignored. You had the opportunity to have your opinion count, and the voting station is where it counts; not down the pub with your mates. And if you want a shorter (as in 38 second long), more to the point metaphor, watch this video by Loading Ready Run -> https://lnkd.in/eG2e5Ekz

• New research you can adopt to increase radio’s political ad revenue spend. • How radio helps political challengers even more than incumbents – the metrics you can use to up their spend. • Update: digital vs. radio vs. local TV (the most effective). • Help in using radio to target minorities this fall.

Playing Politics with Audacy • How Audacy is being hurt by politicians and regulators. • Other license renewals being kicked around by politicians. • How Audacy bankruptcy ‘judge shopping’ backfired. • Potential new scrutiny for Beasley, Urban One, Salem. • What Cumulus and iHeart’s 2nd bankruptcies will have to deal with this time around. https://lnkd.in/e3SW-nXs

If you're a songwriter who's starting to earn money, one of the great surprises is how difficult it is to collect 100 pennies in the pound. Like an elderly house with plumbing issues there is plenty of opportunity for leakage as money moves around the ecosystem. The solution is always DATA. Boring but true. This useful and recently launched guide tells you how to make sure you get one step closer to 100 pennies in every pound. https://getpaidguide.co.uk

Introducing the ultimate multitasking marvel: apps that pay you while you groove to the rhythm of your favorite tunes on online radio! Picture this: you're jamming out to your favorite beats, and suddenly, cha-ching! You're earning cash just for enjoying the music. It's like getting paid to party in your pajamas! With these apps, you can turn your passion for music into cold, hard cash without even lifting a finger (except maybe to adjust the volume). So go ahead, pump up the volume, dance like nobody's watching, and let the money-making melodies serenade you into a world where every tune brings a paycheck. Who knew making money could be this music to your ears? https://lnkd.in/dYq2ZUtY

The Double Standard: Why Citizens Selling Loyalties Is Acceptable, but Governments Buying Them Is Not? The recent clash between Trump and Swift over political endorsements sheds light on the strange dynamics of government expectations. Trump's remarks, implying a sense of obligation from Swift for legislative actions he took benefiting the community, highlight a weird dynamic in politics. Strange to witness? The anomaly becomes more pronounced when we observe citizens selling their loyalties, as seen in the ongoing farmer protests. Here, individuals are boldly challenging unjust policies, showing a comfortable defiance against government expectations. Not at all strange to witness? This juxtaposition begs the question: why such a stark contrast in expectations and actions? #GovernmentLoyalty #CitizenRights #LoyaltyExchange #PowerDynamics https://lnkd.in/ekw5QMDC

New Post: Hot 100 First-Timers: Country Upstart Zach Top Debuts With ‘I Never Lie’ - https://lnkd.in/gFRj49NB - Zach Top charts his first song on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Sept. 28) as “I Never Lie” debuts at No. 95. Released in April on Leo33, the song enters with 4.9 million U.S. official streams (up 16%), 261,000 radio audience impressions and 1,000 downloads sold in the Sept. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate. “I Never Lie” also ascends 26-23 for a new high on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. It’s one of two Top songs on the survey, as “Sounds Like the Radio” rises 41-37, becoming his second top 40 hit. “I Never Lie” appears on Top’s debut full-length, Cold Beer & Country Music. In a February interview with Billboard, in which he was named Country Rookie of the Month, he explained co-writing the album with Carson Chamberlain, formerly the late Keith Whitley’s bandleader and steel guitar player. “How we met was kind of hilarious,” Top shared. “In late 2018, he emailed me and said he wanted to work with me. I had archived the email, and my girlfriend at the time – now my wife – called me a few weeks later and said, ‘Do you remember that email from this Chamberlain fellow? I’m sending you his Wikipedia link. I think we need to email him back.’ “I did and met him in early 2019, started flying to Nashville every month to do co-writes with him and then he’d set me up on other co-writes,” Top said. “It was full circle because I love Keith Whitley and he was best buds with Keith.” Cold Beer & Country Music jumps 111-90 on the Billboard 200, reaching the chart’s top half for the first time, and 21-18 on Top Country Albums. Top, from Sunnyside, Wash., first appeared on Billboard’s charts in January, when “Sounds Like the Radio” debuted on Country Airplay. It holds at its No. 20 high on the latest list. Both of Top’s breakout hits have benefitted from TikTok. “I Never Lie” has soundtracked over 25,000 clips on the platform to date, while “Sounds Like the Radio” has been used in over 3,000. Top is currently supporting Lainey Wilson on her Country’s Cool Again Tour. He kicks off his headlining Cold Beer & Country Music Tour in January. - #news #business #world #jobs #school #passion

• Three weaknesses to exploit against iHeart, Cumulus and soon, Audacy. • Something is developing with the available radio audience – this pins it down. • Nielsen ratings doesn’t just underreport young listeners – how they force radio to make avoidable programming mistakes because of it. • Is repetition still important to grow radio ratings in a digital world of endless discovery? • The new low range demographic for today’s radio listener.