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This new category will ... include Clear Channel-programmed music channels KISS, MIX, Nashville, and Sunny, plus the launch of WSIX, with acclaimed country personality Gerry House live from Nashville. As previously announced, Clear Channel will start carrying commercials on these music channels in May, so they are grouped separately from XM's lineup of 69 commercial-free music channels on the new channel guide.
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With this anti-competitive tactic of leveraging airplay against concert performances, Clear Channel has firmly solidified its hold in both areas. As a result, Clear Channel now owns, operates, or exclusively books the vast majority of amphitheaters, arenas, and clubs in the country. It ... controls the most powerful promoters, who last year sold 27 million concert tickets. That is 23 million more than the closest competitor.
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This partnership marks the second time Clear Channel Entertainment and Napster have joined forces. They kicked off their relationship at Clear Channel Entertainment's inaugural U.S. Download Festival held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Northern California, where Napster served as the official digital music service sponsor powering the official website's "Download Vault," which served as the hub of digital music content offered to attendees. The festival featured performances by some of the country's most popular artists including: The Killers, Modest Mouse and The Arcade Fire.
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