Behind the music: what's happening to 'on air, on sale"?

Optimism greeted the plan to let singles chart as soon as they hit the radio, but eight months on inconsistency reignsWhen Universal and Sony Music announced that they would start making new singles available for sale as soon as they hit the airwaves back in January, the news was greeted with cautious optimism by the Music Managers Forum (MMF) and the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC). The two organisations had been campaigning for the move as a way to help combat piracy for quite a while. "When ...

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