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‘Day Of Silence’ Impact Analyzed

In part one of a two-part study looking at Tuesday’s (June 26) “Day of Silence” to protest the increase in royalty rates proposed by the Copyright Royalty Board for Internet radio stations and terrestrial radio broadcasters streaming their signals, Bridge Ratings says 62% of those asked found their preferred Internet radio site silent on Tuesday.

Bridge’s national sample of 3000 persons 13+ was first asked if they normally listen to Internet radio in a typical week — 21% of the respondents said they did.

Bridge also queried its randomly …