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Chief of Digital Business and General Counsel for RIAA
Chief of Digital Business and General Counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America which represents major labels in Washington D.C.
PROFILE
Steven Marks
Guest
FROM Steven Marks
To the Point
The Brave New World of Online Music Streaming The latest revolution in the business of music is Internet streaming—but some creative artists complain they’re being left behind. How do they get paid when listeners have come to depend on getting music for free? Will all but the biggest-name performers have to find other sources of income just to stay alive?
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.