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Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety —though he didn’t explain why the action comes 70 years after the hero’s comic-book debut. More »

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Royalty Rates May Kill Internet Radio Site

Popular Pandora threatens to pull plug without a new deal

(Newser) - One of America's most popular online radio sites may pull the plug without a new deal on royalty rates, the Washington Post reports. Pandora attracts 1 million listeners a day to create personalized radio stations, but also pays 70% of its revenue in per-song royalties—a fee traditional radio has avoided. “We're approaching a pull-the-plug kind of decision,” said Pandora founder Tim Westergren. More »

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 Obama Earns $3.9M in Royalties 

His book sales continue to soar

(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama earned $4.2 million last year, mostly from royalties from Obama's two books, Dreams From My Father and the Audacity of Hope . The Obamas' newly released returns for 2007 show they paid $1.4 million in federal taxes and gave $240,370 to charity, USA Today notes. His book sales have skyrocketed since he became a national figure. More »

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Hollywood Studios Strike Back

Cancel deals with production companies to spread the pain of writer's guild strike

(Newser) - Hollywood studios are moving quickly to spread the pain of the writers' strike, saying they'll start—as soon as today—suspending dozens of long-term deals with TV production companies and laying off assistants, development executives and production managers who work for striking writers. "Anyone who's not working on pilots or shows is going to get suspension letters," one top studio executive told the Los Angeles Times. More »

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Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Music industry wants
to start collecting AM, FM royalties

(Newser) - It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.   More »

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