{"id":6722,"date":"2013-05-23T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=6722"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:25:23","slug":"riaa-sacks-half-its-staff-and-ceo-gains-a-raise-ohh-and-plummeting-revenues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/riaa-sacks-half-its-staff-and-ceo-gains-a-raise-ohh-and-plummeting-revenues\/","title":{"rendered":"RIAA Sacks Half its Staff and CEO Gains a Raise! Ohh and Plummeting Revenues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like the RIAA is in meltdown! In their latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/142943437\/riaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax filings<\/a> they have seen a huge <a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/riaa-makes-drastic-employee-cuts-as-revenue-plummets-130522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reduction<\/a> in overall revenues and it has had to layoff more than half of its staff.<\/p>\n<p>In just two years overall revenue has reduced from to $34.8 to $24.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;m sure the staff who have been laid off wont be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/permalink\/2013\/20130522riaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happy to hear<\/a> that the CEO is now getting over $1.5 million per year!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6723 lazyload\" alt=\"RIAAsalaries2013 music industry\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RIAAsalaries2013-music-industry-700x404.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"404\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RIAAsalaries2013-music-industry-700x404.jpg 700w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RIAAsalaries2013-music-industry-577x333.jpg 577w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RIAAsalaries2013-music-industry.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Does this mean that the RIAA is slowly becoming irrelevant?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6724 lazyload\" alt=\"riaa offices music industry piracy\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/riaa-offices-music-industry-piracy-700x507.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"507\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/riaa-offices-music-industry-piracy-700x507.jpg 700w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/riaa-offices-music-industry-piracy-577x418.jpg 577w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/riaa-offices-music-industry-piracy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like the RIAA is in meltdown! In their latest tax filings they have seen a huge reduction in overall revenues and it has had to layoff more than half of its staff. In just two years overall revenue has reduced from to $34.8 to $24.8 million. Although I&#8217;m sure the staff who have been laid off wont be happy to hear that the CEO is now getting over $1.5 million per year! Does this mean that the RIAA is slowly becoming irrelevant?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[168,1356,158],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RIAA Sacks Half its Staff and CEO Gains a Raise! 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