1.   Artists are complaining about their contracts and the industry as a whole is stewing over its relationship with independent promoters and radio executives.

2.   Finkel said Weathers and Levin could not put together the fight as independent promoters.

3.   For years, the U.S. concert promotion business was mostly a mom-and-pop operation controlled by independent promoters at the local level.

4.   Independent promoters often paid him appearance money in addition to the posted purse.

5.   The International Skating Union is battling various entrepreneurs and independent promoters, such as Dick Button, for control and TV revenue.

6.   Wall Street giant SFX bought out every independent promoter in sight and talked about an increase in corporate sponsorship and ticket prices.

7.   This document confirms suspicions that critics have long had about potential tit-for-tat arrangements between independent promoters and radio stations.